Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eupeodes cf. corollae?
Posted by Maik Hausotte on 06-06-2020 11:22
#1
Hello,
I think it's a Eupeodes species, corollae or…
Thanks for your help,
Maik
Photo: Leipzig, Saxony/Germany, 20.05.2020
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2020 19:10
#2
Hello Mike,
the comma spots do not reach the tergite margins, so not
corollae. Most likely
Eupeodes luniger female.
Posted by Maik Hausotte on 06-06-2020 19:29
#3
Hello Jürgen,
thank you very much for the quick help and the information. Then I will now name the photos as Eupeodes cf. luniger.
Best regards,
Maik
Posted by Sundew on 06-06-2020 23:05
#4
To exclude
E. lapponicus the wing venation is important (in this species vein R4+5 is strongly bent). It is not clearly seen here. Another quite similar species is
Scaeva selenitica, but it has a swollen frons, dark antennae and a dark ring on the hind tibiae, so it is out.
Eupeodes spec. is OK.
It always pays to compare the pictures and explanation in Steven Falk's Syrphidae collection (
https://www.flick...600153789/).
Regards, Sundew
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-06-2020 00:33
#5
Hello Sundew,
Sundew wrote:
To exclude E. lapponicus the wing venation is important (in this species vein R4+5 is strongly bent). It is not clearly seen here.
therefore I did not write "surely
Euopeodes luniger" :)
Posted by Sundew on 07-06-2020 02:06
#6
That's what I understood from your post, dear Jürgen! I just expanded the explanation.
Posted by Maik Hausotte on 07-06-2020 20:00
#7
For me it is nice and sufficient to know that it is Eupeodes spec. Many thanks. Best regards, Maik