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undescribed Volucella sp. (Volucella undescribed Volucella sp.)
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Copyright © 2015 Dale and Elva Paulson
Mallota sp? -
Volucella
Co. County Forest Land near S. Slough Reserve, Coos County, Oregon, USA
March 19, 2015
I think this is a bumble bee mimicking flower fly, possibly Mallet sp?
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Contributed by
Dale and Elva Paulson
on 23 December, 2015 - 2:00pm
Last updated 23 December, 2021 - 10:27pm
Moved
Moved from
Volucella bombylans-complex
.
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Even Dankowicz
, 23 December, 2021 - 10:27pm
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Moved
Moved from
Volucella
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:07pm
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Volucella bombylans complex.
Volucella bombylans complex.
Plumose antennae and re-entrant outer cross-vein.
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Bill Dean
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:00pm
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Are any of the Volucella in t
Are any of the
Volucella
in the Nearctic not in the bombylans complex? Otherwise I'll just move all the ones in the genus there.
(there's theoretically a key from 2011 that covers arctica/evecta/facialis?
Cheng, A. 2011. Revision of the New World members of the Volucella bombylans (Diptera, Syrphidae) complex. Honours thesis, Carleton University, Canada.)
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:10pm
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The species you mention compr
The species you mention comprise the V.bombylans - complex and I would personally place them all under that umbrella. I have contacted Martin for a second opinion.
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Bill Dean
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:23pm
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Great, thanks! I can't find
Great, thanks! I can't find a copy of her thesis online, so if we need it I'll ask Jeff Skevington to send it since he was her supervisor.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:25pm
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Some regard the Volucella spe
Some regard the Volucella species you mention as synonyms of Volucella bombylans.
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Bill Dean
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:28pm
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Yeah, that's what I figured.
Yeah, that's what I figured. *shrug*
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 December, 2015 - 4:41pm
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Moved
Moved from
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Mallota
has a largely bare arista and different wing veination. Nice find!
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 December, 2015 - 3:50pm
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