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Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong: another Eristalinus sp.
Posted by chickenold on 03-05-2012 16:26
#1
Another
Eristalinus
seen in a forum in HK. Would it be
Eristalinus lugens
?
Thanks!
http://www.hkwild...?tid=65526
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-05-2012 21:40
#2
No, not lugens because the scutellum is orange, while lugens has a dark scutellum.
This looks like the male of Eristalinus rufus, described by a Dutch syrphydologist 'van der Goot'.
Greetings