Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis interrupta?

Posted by crex on 09-08-2007 22:23
#1

Only one photo of this female. I think it is some sort of Eristalis sp. Am I correct?

Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland)
Date: 2007-APR-30
Habitat: Near a small stream

Edited by crex on 10-08-2007 15:14

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 09-08-2007 23:03
#2

Looks like a female E. tenax.

Posted by Vladimir Davydov on 10-08-2007 06:30
#3

It cannot be E.tenax. I think it E.interrupta or E.lineata(=E.horticola)

Edited by Vladimir Davydov on 10-08-2007 06:38

Posted by crex on 10-08-2007 07:12
#4

Thank you both. I don't know much about Syrphidae so I'm a little confused. Stephane is usually right :) Why not E. tenax, Vladimir?

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 10-08-2007 08:22
#5

I can be wrong for this one, and I was probably to fast, because the white hind margin of tergites are rather unusual for tenax. All the characters are not well visible on this picture (i.e. stigma, face) but it could well be a dark female of E. interrupta as Vladimir said.

Greetings.

Posted by crex on 10-08-2007 15:14
#6

Ok, thanks again! B)