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 Small syrphid
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-08-2005 21:12
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14214 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This syrphid was only about half the size of a Syrphus and its stripes were nearly white. I photographed it today on a meadow in Ostwestfalen/Germany and have no idea about the species. Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance! Addendum: Could it be Parasyrphus macularis?  
Edited by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2005 21:22 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 17-08-2005 23:00
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hello Juergen, Syrphus vitripennis can be quite small, and also the stripes can be very 'whitish'. By the color of it's thorax it is very clear that it belongs in the genus Syrphus, and it's size and color leave only S. vitripennis! Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 18-08-2005 16:07
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14214 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Gerard! Gerard Pennards wrote: Syrphus vitripennis can be quite small, and also the stripes can be very 'whitish'. By the color of it's thorax it is very clear that it belongs in the genus Syrphus, and it's size and color leave only S. vitripennis! But it was really very small. The estimation of only half the size of a "normal" Syrphus was no understatement! Unfortunately I don't have it on a picture with another Syrphus, but with a Phaonia (?), which had the size of a normal house fly. On the second picture the same Phaonia individual is with an Episyrphus balteatus which is normally smaller than a Syrphus.  ? Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Andre |
Posted on 03-10-2005 12:51
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Difficult to see the legs... but it looks Parasyrphus to me. Possibly annulatus, but we cannot be sure. Gerard's suggestion might be right too... vitripennis can be very very small. Did it have a darkened facial knob or facial stripe? |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 03-10-2005 20:37
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14214 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Andre! Andre wrote: Difficult to see the legs... but it looks Parasyrphus to me. Possibly annulatus, but we cannot be sure. Gerard's suggestion might be right too... vitripennis can be very very small. Did it have a darkened facial knob or facial stripe? Here is another picture, more from the front. Maybe that helps. 
Edited by Juergen Peters on 03-10-2005 20:39 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Andre |
Posted on 07-10-2005 07:17
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Yes, I am pretty confident it's annulatus. Catch it next time and use the DJN Schwebfliegen-schl?ssel for positive identification without having to kill the flie, I'd say  |
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