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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Criorhinina » Criorhina » Criorhina nigriventris
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Beeish fly - Criorhina nigriventris - female
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Beeish fly - Criorhina nigriventris - Female
Massachusetts, USA
April 22, 2004
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 April, 2009 - 5:37pm
Last updated 12 April, 2017 - 7:28am

Female
The eye-gap is wide. = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 12 April, 2017 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Criorhina caudata.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 October, 2014 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Not Criorhina caudata
Criorhina caudata is limited to the West coast only. This is Criorhina nigriventris.
… Kevin Moran, 1 October, 2014 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Criorhina.
Thanks!
… Charley Eiseman, 27 June, 2012 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
a robber fly. Maybe something in Mallaphora or Laphria.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 10 April, 2009 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Not asilid, but a syrphid.
There are lots of bee-mimic syrphid flies (family Syrphidae), and this is one of them. Just not sure which genus to point you to. Stay tuned for comments from Martin Hauser and other fly experts here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 April, 2009 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Criorhina
It looks like Criorhina caudata.
… ncvance, 13 June, 2012 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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