Another fly - Arctophila flagrans

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Moved from Arctophila flagrans.

… Jerry Friedman, 4 October, 2009 - 11:15pm

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… Jerry Friedman, 1 October, 2009 - 12:26pm

Arctophila flagrans

Male!
Greetings

… Gerard Pennards, 30 September, 2009 - 5:17pm

Thanks.

I'll move these to the guide, but maybe they belong in Frass, especially this one. Or did you put your ID on this photo because it's the easiest one of this set to identify? If so, maybe it should stay, even though it's ugly.

… Jerry Friedman, 1 October, 2009 - 12:25pm

Nice!

Maybe I'll remember it next time. Color on this was different than other posts.

… Ron Hemberger, 30 September, 2009 - 9:16pm

Now that I'm thinking straight,

maybe that difference in color is a good reason to keep at least some of these pictures.

… Jerry Friedman, 1 October, 2009 - 12:34pm

Agreed

It's not as if we're overwhelmed with posts. Let's treasure each.

Do keep this one because of the comments.

… Ron Hemberger, 1 October, 2009 - 5:49pm

There's no surfeit of Syrphids?

Personally, I don't treasure each picture—the low-quality ones get in my way when I'm looking for the high-quality ones. Of course, maybe I'm missing something in the ones that I think are unhelpful. And I'm beginning to realize why it's good to keep the comments, even the wrong guesses (in view of your suggestion that I search for "Merodon" to find images that look like Merodon).

… Jerry Friedman, 2 October, 2009 - 12:09am

I think it is Criorhina

I hope you get expert commentary on this one, quite an interesting find. Venation says "syrphid" to me, but I still can't make out the spurious vein.

(Mallota does look good, but I think it's strictly eastern.)

… Ron Hemberger, 28 September, 2009 - 1:14am

Hm.

According to Martin Hauser here, Criorhina has a straight R4+5. Since this fly has a "loop" there, that would rule out Criorhina. I gather.

Thanks for pointing me to that illustration. Sometimes I can convince myself I see the spurious vein in these pictures.

I too am hoping for expert commentary, but if no one has identified Adalbert Goetz's much clearer images, I'm not expecting much for this one.

… Jerry Friedman, 28 September, 2009 - 11:24pm

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Moved from ID Request.

… Jerry Friedman, 28 September, 2009 - 12:09am