Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eupeodes luniger or nielseni?
Posted by Tony Towner on 26-05-2008 16:24
#1
Photographed in my garden on 21/04/08.
I can't make up my mind on E.luniger or E.nielseni.
E.luniger is very common in gardens, but on the other hand E.nielseni has Lunules with blunt outer ends and is rather dark.
Help please!
Edited by Tony Towner on 26-05-2008 16:25
Posted by Tony Towner on 26-05-2008 16:27
#2
Here is another photograph.
Posted by kitenet on 26-05-2008 21:12
#3
Tony,
It does look like
nielseni doesn't it, and as far as I can see it has a dark area on the frons (top of head) and what I think is a dark hind femora, both of which would fit. However, this is a tricky genus with many similar-looking species, so unles you can get confirmation from someone else I think you'd need to keep a specimen. If confirmed it would be a first Berkshire record B) as far as I can tell from the recording scheme website:
http://tinyurl.co...
Martin
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 26-05-2008 21:36
#4
If I were you guys, I'd check out Eupeodes lapponicus first (nowadays often called Lapposyrphus lapponicus). :D:D
The R4+5 vein looks strongly bend to me!
Greetings,