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Photo#1734223
Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female

Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - Female
Lubbock, Texas, USA
October 1, 2019

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Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female Meromacrus draco? - Meromacrus gloriosus - female

Moved
Moved from Meromacrus acutus.

Moved
Moved from Meromacrus.

 
I think this is M. draco. The
I think this is M. draco. The abdominal patterning in draco seems quite variable, while frons color is consistent.

 
could be, I always had proble
could be, I always had problems separating these species, and I would like to see some additional data (DNA male genitalia) if these are really to distinct species...

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Meromacrus ...... female
M. draco seems to have the reddish markings on tergite 2 almost reaching posterior margin and more quadrate and tergite 3 with obvious reddish markings too.
Could it be M. acutus which has more triangular reddish markings on tergite 2 and more removed from posterior margin. However, the markings in M. acutus are usually more restricted than on this specimen.... ???????
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser.

 
M. draco or M. acutus
I agree that at first I thought it was M. acutus but I also looked at https://bugguide.net/node/view/1153346/bgimage and noticed than the frons here looks red.
It is the second M. I observe (first one is at https://bugguide.net/node/view/1709972) and it seems that both look a little bizarre.

 
P.S.
P.S.
Dr. Martin Hauser has identified 1709972 as M. gloriosus and just moved it and identified 1734223 as M. acutus.

 
Very good point about the low
Very good point about the lower frons being red. Couldn`t find a M. acutus with the lower frons red in the BugGuide pics. The markings on tergite 2 are mostly more restricted in acutus as I previously mentioned.

I have added the other image you mentioned here. See the comment that I added earlier on this image.. (note this is a male). Professor Jeff Skevington didn`t comment. Let us see what Martin says.
Good work from you on this one,

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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