[Syrphidae] Requesting description of Eristalinus aurulans (Wiedemann, 1824)

[bristi roy]

Thank you very much for sharing this valuable information.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 1:58 PM ximo mengual sanchis <xmengual at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Bristi,
>
> the images of the type can be found here:
> https://collections.snm.ku.dk/en/object/NHMD61651
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> To my knowledge, there is no other description after Wiedemann. Ghorpadé
> (2019 - Dravida) suggested that the type could have been mislabelled as the
> species is currently known New Guinea, Solomons IS., and Australia.
>
> Ximo
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> El mié, 20 nov 2024 a las 4:39, bristi roy (<roybristi19 at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
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>> Respected Sir/Madam,
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>> I am Bristi Roy, a graduate student working on Indian Syrphid fauna from
>> the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, India. I am looking for a
>> proper description of  Eristalinus aurulans (Wiedemann, 1824), apart from
>> the primary literature (of Wiedemann, 1824; the description provided here
>> is much generalized and not distinguishable from other Indian Eristalinus),
>> to compare it with other Indian Eristalinus. The species is not present in
>> the National Zoological Collection of ZSI and has not been reported since
>> its discovery in our country, so I'm struggling with its description. I
>> would be very grateful if you could provide me with any such article or
>> source with a proper description of Eristalinus aurulans (with
>> photographs if possible).
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>> Bristi Roy,
>> Zoological Survey of India,
>> Kolkata- 700053, India
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