Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eumerus ovatus?
Posted by benoit on 07-09-2013 19:07
#1
Hello,
I photographed this Syrphidae in the Ardèche (Southern France) the June 16th 2013. Fellowing the key of van Veen (2010), I arrived to
Eumerus ovatus. I wonder if someone could confirm this identification.
Thank-you
Benoit
Edited by benoit on 07-09-2013 19:08
Posted by benoit on 11-09-2013 16:21
#2
On a French forum, some have suggested that it could be a
Merodon maybe
Merodon aberrans.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-09-2013 19:18
#3
Nope, you are quite right assuming this is Eumerus. But in the ovatus group there are a few species that look like this, for example bayardi, niveitibia and indeed ovatus. So it's not completely clear which one it is.
Posted by benoit on 11-09-2013 20:35
#4
Thank-you for the reply.
Male
Eumerus niveitibia have blue tergites whereas in the present fly the tergites are redish. I wonder if
E. sinuatus could also be considered?
http://cyrille.dussaix.pagesperso-orange.fr/Eumerus_sinuatus/E.sinuatus-illus.htm
Edited by benoit on 11-09-2013 20:39