Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Happy couple (2)
Posted by lynkos on 13-09-2005 06:39
#1
Hope I don't get struck off the list for this "loving" photo :o. Can anyone help me identify this happy couple? As ever, taken in the maquis on the coast near Rome.
Thanks in advance, :) Sarah
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-09-2005 08:29
#2
Sarah,
You have got a pair of the syrphid genus
Paragus here. Maybe someone is confident enough to put a name in, but I expect it will not be easy.
PS: I took the liberty of splitting your original thread, since this image now is in the Syrphidae forum and the other "loving" couple is (appropriately) in Diptera (adults). :D
Posted by Andre on 03-10-2005 13:06
#3
Probably Paragus of the subgenus Pandasyophthalmus...
I hope you also cought them! :|
Posted by paqui on 22-12-2005 23:00
#4
i?ve caught one Paragus (i suppose) 2 weeks ago and i?m not sure if it?s tibialis or the other one next to it in the keys as their description are for males and i?m not sure what she/he is; the abdomen is completely black
i?ll try to take a new ugly pic with the binocular;)
Edited by paqui on 22-12-2005 23:01
Posted by Andre on 22-12-2005 23:25
#5
Females of the subgenus Pandasyophthalmus cannot be separated..
Posted by lynkos on 23-12-2005 11:08
#6
Goodness, I've only just noticed this wandering thread :o! A belated thanks to you all for your replies, Sarah
Posted by paqui on 11-02-2006 17:24
#7
here it is, catched in december. Now it?s more slim than it was; in case it?s really Paragus it?s male. Thanks in advance
