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 ID,please.
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| anto |
Posted on 23-12-2007 12:21
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Member Location: Barcelona, España Posts: 211 Joined: 14.11.07 |
Barcelona, Spain 6.2007
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| Sundew |
Posted on 23-12-2007 12:44
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Female of Sphaerophoria cf. scripta (Syrphidae). Sundew |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 23-12-2007 12:53
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Sphaerophoria sp. female (NOT scripta though).
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| Andre |
Posted on 23-12-2007 14:24
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
C.f. scripta though  |
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| pierred |
Posted on 23-12-2007 17:49
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1465 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Oh, guys, please explain... Even as I know the general conclusion (females can't be identified, only male S. scripta when the wings are longer than the abdomen), it seems that you rely on more criteria. Please share some knowledge with the poor knowledge-hungry forum members 
Edited by pierred on 23-12-2007 17:49 Pierre Duhem |
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| crex |
Posted on 23-12-2007 18:48
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
One clue is the central stripe of the frons. If it is narrowing downwards it is S. scripta, if widening it's not. That I find hard to see from this angle. |
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| Andre |
Posted on 23-12-2007 21:02
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
That central stripe is very variable in most species. It's no species of the rueppellii-group, that's clear (the yellow marking on the sides of the thorax extend beyond the sutur up to the base of the scutellum). So leaves a number of species of which, based on this picture, hardly any sure ID can be given. Anyone who does, is speculating. Unless variability, this one mostly 'looks' like scripta. But that's as far as I want to go (even though some species can rather reliably be disregarded, but scripta just can't, based on this picture). |
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