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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN>Hi Francis !</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p style="RIGHT: auto"></o:p></SPAN></div></SPAN>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN> Just opened this infrequently checked ID.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN> It is <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sphaerophoria bengalensis</I> Macquart (male). <I style="RIGHT: auto; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">S. turkmenica</I> was synonymised by me (Ghorpade, 2009: 11, PDF can be sent to requestor’s personal e-mail ID).</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN><I><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN> The images are good enough for an expert to recognize and name ! S. flavoabdominalis Brunetti, 1915 was also confirmed as a synonym by me, like the late (great !) Richard Vockeroth had surmised in 1971.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN><I><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN> Whoever "Eckvana" is my mail to him bounced as I had attached my paper. It is available as a PDF to anyone who asks for it. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><I style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; RIGHT: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN" lang=EN-IN> Good to read something about our subcontinent's Syrphidae. I am helping a doctoral student in Pakistan now and find that <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>country (its northern Himalayan, Hindu-Kush, Karakoram mountains) having a Palaearctic fauna and poorly sampled and diagnosed ! Cheers,</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Dr <B>Kumar Ghorpade,</B> Scientist Emeritus, Post-Graduate Teacher & Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Krishi Nagar, Dharwar 580 005, Karnataka, INDIA. <BR><B>Postal Mailbox:</B> P.O. Box 221, K.C. Park Post Office, Dharwar 580 008, INDIA.</DIV>
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<div class=yiv4702338731MsoNormal>Has anyone any idea what this species is?</div>
<div class=yiv4702338731MsoNormal>It's from Pakistan. The photos are not great, I know</div>
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<div class=yiv4702338731MsoNormal>Thanks</div>
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<div class=yiv4702338731MsoNormal>Francis</div>
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<div class=yiv4702338731MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Dr Francis Gilbert</SPAN></div>
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