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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Toxomerus flower fly - Toxomerus geminatus - male
Copyright © 2005 Richard Leung

Toxomerus flower fly - Toxomerus geminatus - Male
Springfield, Virginia, USA
August 27, 2004
A toxomerus flower fly, T. geminatus, but it was smaller and thinner than the ones I'm used to seeing.
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 5 February, 2005 - 11:18pm
Last updated 26 February, 2005 - 2:01pm

Txomerus geminatus, male
The thin abdomen and large eyes mean that it is a male. Also, males are usually smaller than females.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 February, 2005 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
Male
Yes, you are right. Thanks!
… Richard Leung, 26 February, 2005 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Awesome
Very cool photo!
… Lynette Elliott, 6 February, 2005 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

Toxomerus geminatus...
gets my vote. The black scutellum with a yellow margin is a field mark mentioned here. I've seen only 2 species of Toxomerus (the same 2 as shown in the Guide) but Nearctica lists 16 species in North America. Apparently, Syrphidae is a mainly tropical group, so I'm guessing that the "missing" species are found mostly in Florida and the southwestern states (the U. of Wisconsin collection lists 4 species not found in Ontario but some or all of these may have been collected outside of Wisconsin).
… Robin McLeod, 6 February, 2005 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
T. geminatus
Thank you, Robin! I will go ahead and move the image to the T. geminatus guide page.
… Richard Leung, 6 February, 2005 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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