Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphegina? => Sphegina clunipes
Posted by tristram on 17-09-2013 19:53
#1
Photos taken in woodland near Guisborough, North Yorkshire, UK, on 2013-09-12. Is this a
Sphegina sp, or a
Neoascia sp, or something else?
Edited by tristram on 15-10-2013 21:46
Posted by tristram on 17-09-2013 19:55
#2
.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-09-2013 09:53
#3
Defninitely
Sphegina.
Posted by Fred Fly on 18-09-2013 10:12
#4
and clunipes.
Posted by Valentin Nidergas on 18-09-2013 22:55
#5
clunipes... Why not
elegans ?
What is the differences between these two species ? :)
Posted by Ectemnius on 19-09-2013 10:44
#6
S. elegans has yellow humeri. S. clunipes does not... However colour in Sphegina is not always as it 'should' be. I have S. elegans in collection which have dark humeri. The other difference is that S. elegans has a very long and thin second abdominal segment. The segment here is sshorter and thicker. That would make it S. clunipes.
Greetings,
Ectemnius
Posted by tristram on 19-09-2013 19:53
#7
Thankyou Paul, Piet, Valentin and Ectemnius!