Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphus ID

Posted by basileus on 29-05-2022 15:36
#1

Is it possible to identify this syrphid fly by such foto? May 2022. Transcarpathion region of Ukraine.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-05-2022 20:11
#2

basileus wrote:
Is it possible to identify this syrphid fly by such foto?


No. Neither possibly haired eyes, nor colouration of hind femora are visible. Additionally the last character would not be useful here, because it's a male. So it must stay Syrphus sp.

Posted by basileus on 29-05-2022 21:48
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Juergen Peters wrote:
basileus wrote:
Is it possible to identify this syrphid fly by such foto?


No. Neither possibly haired eyes, nor colouration of hind femora are visible. Additionally the last character would not be useful here, because it's a male. So it must stay Syrphus sp.


Thank you!