Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaerophoria species?
Posted by nomad on 27-07-2016 22:27
#1
Is this a Sphaerophoria species. England, Wiltshire, Swindon, grassy meadow. July 25 2016.
Posted by Sundew on 28-07-2016 00:34
#2
A male
Sphaerophoria indeed. To get a safe species identification, genital characteristics have to be studied. If the abdomen would be distinctly longer than the folded wings,
S. scripta would be the best guess, but the picture isn't unambiguous...
Posted by ValerioW on 28-07-2016 07:36
#3
S. scripta
Posted by Sundew on 28-07-2016 12:13
#4
The wings
seem to exceed the abdomen indeed, but with one pic I would not go further than
C. cf.
scripta, as
S. batava and
S. taeniata are rather similar (compare
http://flickrhive...ria,steven).
Edited by Sundew on 28-07-2016 12:13
Posted by nomad on 28-07-2016 15:18
#5
Many thanks for the help with the identification of this species regards Peter.
Posted by ValerioW on 28-07-2016 17:06
#6
Sundew wrote:
The wings
seem to exceed the abdomen indeed, but with one pic I would not go further than
C. cf.
scripta, as
S. batava and
S. taeniata are rather similar (compare
http://flickrhive...ria,steven).
I see your point of view, and I respect it. But wings are really shorter than abdomen
Edited by ValerioW on 28-07-2016 17:08
