Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis? --> E. pertinax

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 23:24
#1

Hello!

On first glance I thought, all these rather large and robust Eristalis from yesterday at the forest (northwest Germany) were E. tenax (the only species seen so far here this year). But on a closer look I saw, that the legs are yellow! So all E. pertinax (two females and a male)? Thanks!

Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2008 01:31

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 23:24
#2

Second picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 23:25
#3

A male.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-04-2008 23:48
#4

You're right J?rgen, E. pertinax female and male because of the yellow fore and mid tarsi.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2008 01:30
#5

Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
You're right J?rgen, E. pertinax female and male because of the yellow fore and mid tarsi.


Thanks a lot! I knew that E. tenax was unlikely because of those light tarsi, but I was not sure if other species than E. pertinax were possible (the E. pertinax males I knew had a more conical abdomen).