Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysotoxum sp. for ID, central Spain
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 07-03-2011 22:24
#1
Found this guy yesterday by a path near a lagoon. Taken in the outskirts of Madrid. Would love to know the species. Thanks in advance for any help.
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 07-03-2011 22:25
#2
A lateral view, just in case it helps.
Posted by martinm on 07-03-2011 22:43
#3
Dasysyrphus albostriatus?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2011 23:52
#4
yes
Posted by Roger Thomason on 08-03-2011 00:49
#5
Dasysyrphus albostriatus?
Paul Beuk wrote:
yes
Hope you weren't agreeing with that Paul...Chrysotoxum of some description yes.
Posted by martinm on 08-03-2011 10:34
#6
On the thorax you can see the 'white stripes' of the specific name - my only doubt was that I wouldn't know about any very similar continental species.
Posted by LakeSide on 08-03-2011 10:40
#7
I tend to disagree. The long antenna make it a Chrysotoxum sp. for me.
I think this is Chrysotoxum vernale.
Edited by LakeSide on 08-03-2011 10:40
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-03-2011 15:28
#8
Thanks to you all for your input!
I am sure it is a Chrysotoxum. As Lakeside said, the antenna make it Chrysotoxum.
I have been doing some searching and I agree with Lakeside that might be C. vernale. But I think it can be C. intermedium too. What are the features that separate C. vernale from C. intermedium?
Thanks in advance!
Posted by LakeSide on 09-03-2011 22:49
#9
Could be both species in my opinion. I don;t think the difference can be made from these shots...at least not by me :)
Edited by LakeSide on 09-03-2011 22:49
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 09-03-2011 23:05
#10
Who said
Chrysotoxum intermedium ? This is
C. intermedium.
C. vernale has a shorter 3d antennal article.
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 12-03-2011 18:47
#11
Thank you so much, Stephane!
I am a happy girl now :D:D:D