Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Red Sea. Sphaerophoria?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-02-2007 22:10
#1

Egypt, Safaga, hotel's garden, 9mm, end of Janv.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 07-02-2007 00:20
#2

Yes, indeed it is a male Sphaerophoria.
Impossible to determine the species from a picture, for that you have to dissect the genitalia. For the males that is, because females of a lot of species are indistinguishable from each other!
Greetings,

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-02-2007 11:20
#3

Thank you Gerard.