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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Temnostomina » Temnostoma » balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum (Temnostoma balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum)

balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum

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Syrphid - Temnostoma syrphid - Temnostoma Syrphid Flies Temnostoma either balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum - Temnostoma Doros aequalis? - Temnostoma Syrphid - Temnostoma fly - Temnostoma Syrphid - Temnostoma flower fly – Temnostoma balyras male #2? - Temnostoma - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Subtribe Temnostomina
Genus Temnostoma
No Taxon balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum
Identification
Four difficult to distinguish species, largely dependent on wing trichosity. T. balyras has yellow hairs on tergite 5 (other three species are black), but this is not always visible. Drawings of wing veination here and here.
Internet References
Temnostoma species identification
Contributed by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers on 12 September, 2015 - 11:55am

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