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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » marginatum group (Copestylum marginatum group) » Copestylum lentum
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Copestylum - Copestylum lentum - female
Copyright © 2009 Bob Barber

Copestylum - Copestylum lentum - Female
Dog Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
March 11, 2009
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 11 March, 2009 - 2:04pm
Last updated 29 January, 2022 - 3:20pm

Moved
Moved from marginatum group.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 29 January, 2022 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 28 February, 2015 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Very nice shot! Yes, it's Copestylum.
Beak, antennae and spots on thorax all point to this genus. I hope some day we get more of them IDed to species. Meanwhile, check out comments here...
… Ron Hemberger, 11 March, 2009 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
I know how difficult, often impossible, it is to ID from a photo
… Bob Barber, 11 March, 2009 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
I've shot a lot of these and can easily ID to genus, but that's it. By the way, this is a female, as eyes don't meet at the top.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 March, 2009 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

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