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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus » Helophilus fasciatus
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Syrphus? - Helophilus fasciatus
Copyright © 2010 Eric Moody

Syrphus? - Helophilus fasciatus
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 2, 2009
Found on the side of apartment building.
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Contributed by Eric Moody on 24 March, 2010 - 4:51pm
Last updated 11 December, 2019 - 12:39pm

Moved
Moved from Helophilus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 December, 2019 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Helophilus fasciatus .....fem
Helophilus fasciatus .....female
… Bill Dean, 11 December, 2019 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eristalini.
… Martin Hauser, 26 June, 2010 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Eric Moody, 26 March, 2010 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

Those stripes make me think
of Helophilus or Parhelophilus (they're very similar). Both are in the Tribe Eristalini, in the Guide here.

You might look around there until the fly experts check in.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 March, 2010 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Ken's right
I think this post should move to tribe (Eristalini). To me, it looks like Helophilus, but I'm far from certain. Others here may know for sure.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 March, 2010 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks closer to Helophilus to
Looks closer to Helophilus to me based on pictures, but not knowing anything about syrphid genera I don't want to move it beyond a group people with more expertise are sure of.
… Eric Moody, 28 March, 2010 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

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