Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eumerus tricolor?
Posted by piros on 17-12-2012 00:12
#1
Pictures were taken near Mórahalom, about 20 km. W. of Szeged, S. Hungary. Date: 12. 05. 2012. I think it may be Eumerus tricolor. Can someone confirm or correct this tentative ID? (The wether was windy and the fly was extremely shy, so the pics are pretty bad...:()
Thanks for any help in advance!
Henrik
Edited by piros on 17-12-2012 00:13
Posted by piros on 17-12-2012 00:14
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Posted by piros on 17-12-2012 00:16
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Posted by piros on 22-12-2012 16:56
#4
I found a key for Eumerus here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070429223255/http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Eumerus/eume_key.html
The fly above keys out at E. tricolor (female), so, unless someone knows a lookalike in SE. Europe, I'll file this one under that name.
Thanks for your attention!
Henrik
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 24-12-2012 13:58
#5
You'd better put it away as Eumerus sp., van Veen doesn't cover all species in Europe, only the North west. I think there are more possibilities here.
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 24-12-2012 13:59
Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 16:47
#6
Thank you, Gerard! I'll follow your advice. Next year I'll try to collect specimens of this sp...
Kind regard,
Henrik
Posted by balmer on 27-12-2012 17:15
#7
Here is the Key of Eumerus (pars) cf. Séguy 1961
Edited by balmer on 27-12-2012 17:20
Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 17:18
#8
Thanks, Balmer, but I can't find the key!:|
Posted by balmer on 27-12-2012 17:30
#9
This part of key of Séguy is sufficient (I think) to identify your Syrphidae.
The key is extracted from Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Paris) - Nouvelle Série - Serie A, Zoologie - Tome XXIII : Diptères Syrphides de l' Europe occidentale - 1961
Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 17:49
#10
Thank you again! But, according to this key, it is still E. tricolor...
Kind regards,
Henrik