Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae from Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Posted by Diegot on 23-12-2018 22:22
#1

Hello! this could be Eristalis arbustorum? or Palpada sp.?

Greetings

Edited by Diegot on 24-12-2018 01:03

Posted by Bastiaan Wakkie on 15-01-2019 12:25
#2

Hi Diegot,

It's indeed a Palpada. The shape of the spots on the second abdomen gives you a good indication, they are like round spots I have never seen in any Eristalis.
There are a lot of them in your country and do not know which key, if even excist, is best to use.

Posted by Diegot on 27-01-2019 12:46
#3

Thanks Bastiaan!

Regaras,
Diego