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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Lapposyrphus » Lapposyrphus lapponicus
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Syrphid - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Syrphid - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - Male
West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 18, 2005
This looks like the Dasysyrphus genus in the guide. Can this be identified to species? Thanks for any help.
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Contributed by tom murray on 19 October, 2005 - 7:07pm
Last updated 24 December, 2013 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 24 December, 2013 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

This actually looks more like
This actually looks more like Lapposyrphus lapponicus to me - the R4+5 vein in the wing is curving up rather than straight as in Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 24 December, 2013 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

It is a male
I wish I could help you; these flies are so hard to tell apart. I only know for sure that it belongs in the Syrphini tribe.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 November, 2005 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Eupeodes
Hi,

I would guess this is an Eupeodes spec.

Cheers,
Bastiaan
… Bastiaan, 21 January, 2006 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

 
Eupeodes
Bastiaan, welcome to Bugguide, and thanks for all the Syrphid identifications. It's great having experts from around the world contributing to this site.
I like the signature.
… tom murray, 21 January, 2006 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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