<DIV>Hi Ludovic,</DIV>
<DIV> Perhaps you have got what you asked for but here is something that may interest you. </DIV>
<DIV> J.L. Nayar from 1964 to 1966 published 10 papers on <EM>Episyrphus </EM>"<EM>balteatus</EM>" in India. One paper is on "Reproductive system and external genitalia of <EM>Syrphus balteatus</EM> De Geer (Diptera : Syrphiudae) published in <U>Indian Journal of Entomology</U>, <STRONG>27</STRONG>: 31-45. </DIV>
<DIV> J. Dusek & P. Laska (1986) Life cycle strategies of aphidophagous syrphids (Minireview) in I. Hodek [ Ed. ] <U>Ecology of Aphidophaga</U>. Academia, Prague and Dr W. Junk, Dordrecht. This book may have something or lead references ?</DIV>
<DIV> There is also P. Goeldlin de Tiefenau's 1974 paper on west Swiss Syrphidae in <U>Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges</U>., <STRONG>47</STRONG>: 151-252. [a paper that may have some more leads ? </DIV>
<DIV> My work on Oriental and that of Vockeroth's on Afrotropical <EM>Episyrphus </EM>species found several distinct species called "balteatus" earlier. Curran's papers on Malayan Syrphidae are also good on this genus. </DIV>
<DIV> Good luck !</DIV>
<DIV>KUMAR <BR><BR><B><I>Ludovic Arnaud <arnaud.l@fsagx.ac.be></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR>Dear All,<BR><BR>I am looking for information about Episyprhus balteatus mating behaviour. <BR>Could anyone help me ? I searched in different databases but I did not find <BR>any paper, report etc about that aspect of their biology.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance.<BR><BR>All the best, Ludovic <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Syrphidae mailing list<BR>Syrphidae@nottingham.ac.uk<BR>http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Dr Kumar Ghorpade, B.Sc.(Agri.),M.Sc.,Ph.D (Entomol.)<br>Smithsonian Institution (U.S.A.) Postdoc Fellow (1982-1983)<br>Systematic Entomologist & P.-G. Teacher, Dept Entomology, Univ. Agril Sci., Dharwar, Karnataka (India)<br>Post to: C/o Azman Farm, Doddagubbi P.O., Bangalore 562 149, INDIA<p>
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