Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphus cf vitripennis

Posted by eguzki on 10-04-2007 17:41
#1

Location: Hungary
Habitat: Lucerne field
Size: 20-25 mm
Date: 09-04-07

Edited by eguzki on 13-04-2007 21:33

Posted by eguzki on 10-04-2007 17:43
#2

Another view:

Posted by amalia_raluca on 10-04-2007 19:07
#3

for me it is Syrphus vitripennis, I don't see hairs on the eyes.

Posted by eguzki on 13-04-2007 21:32
#4

Thank you amalia!

Posted by Dieter on 16-04-2007 01:22
#5

Due to the overall appearance it is a Syrphus species (the crucial characters to distinguish this genus from similar genera are not visible). But the images (of two different specimens, the first being a male, the second a female, so it is possible that two species are shown!) do not offer the crucial characters to decide which of the three species they show. S. vitripennis has the 2nd basal cell of the wing partly bare of microtrichia, torvus males have densely hairy eyes, and the ribesii females have entirely yellow hind femora.

Regards,
Dieter