Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identify male Eupeodes.

Posted by zcuc on 23-02-2008 19:43
#1

Israel today.

Is it possible to identify this male Eupeodes ?

Posted by zcuc on 23-02-2008 19:49
#2

He was reluctant to open it's wing so I can't see if yellow rich tergites margin. Male doesn't have the Y mark between the eyes for comparison.

So it is still possible to ID or this case is closed?

Edited by zcuc on 23-02-2008 19:50

Posted by Andre on 25-02-2008 01:07
#3

corollae

Posted by zcuc on 25-02-2008 02:17
#4

Thanks Andre,
How did you figured it up?

Posted by Andre on 25-02-2008 14:06
#5

Pics are not very sharp. Genitalia look large (clear bulb even from this angle = corollae). Scutellum yellow-haired (= corollae/latifasciatus). Postocular orbit small near vertex [the yellow strip behind the eyes, seen from the side] (instead of broad in latifasciatus). South-European latifasciatus can have 'sunglass-like' spots on abdomen too, but these don't or hardly reach sidemargin on T2 and 3. Also I think to see a curve near the apex of the anal vein.

Posted by zcuc on 25-02-2008 18:43
#6

excellent explanation. B)