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 Hoverfly?
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:16
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Hi, The fly below was around 5-7mm long on a spider lily leaf. Pictured in Dar es Salaam. Can anyone ID please. 
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| Xespok |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:40
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Yes, this is Syrphidae. I leave the more proper id for the pros.
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 12-01-2009 20:45
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Yes, a syrphid. A female Eumerus sp., but it will be very difficult to get to species, it's a difficult genus, especially from Africa! Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 12-01-2009 20:56
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks Gerard Can you please tell me how you know its a female? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 12-01-2009 22:03
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Females eyes are placed further apart. Males eyes almost touch each other in the middle. There is a separate Syrphid Forum on this site. Edited by Roger Thomason on 13-01-2009 00:01 |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 13-01-2009 09:45
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
thansk roger
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| Maddin |
Posted on 15-01-2009 04:54
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 Member Location: Sacramento CA USA Posts: 194 Joined: 30.06.05 |
The round abdomen and the yellow hairs around the scutellum are typical for E. feae. But there are several species in this group and only the males can be identified and only after the dissection of the genitalia... Nice fly and a great pic! Cheers Martin Martin Hauser |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 15-01-2009 09:46
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9474 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I collected several specimens of Emerus feae-group this season in Thailand. Males  In my fly scutellum is all dark, but antennae, on the contrary, yellow. Nikita |
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