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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Platycheirus
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Small Orange Fly - Platycheirus
Copyright © 2010 Loren & Babs Padelford

Small Orange Fly - Platycheirus
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
May 2, 2010
Size: approx. 11mm
Any help with ID appreciated.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 12 May, 2010 - 4:13pm
Last updated 31 December, 2015 - 9:40pm

Moved
Moved from Bacchini.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 December, 2015 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Platycheirus
Front tarsi flattened and expanded......Platycheirus.
… Bill Dean, 31 December, 2015 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2010 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Melanostoma or maybe Platyche
Melanostoma or maybe Platycheirus
… Martin Hauser, 12 May, 2010 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Tribe Bacchini covers both
I'd second Melanostoma, because of posture and, to a lesser extent, legs. Nice fly!
… Ron Hemberger, 12 May, 2010 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Tribe Bacchini
Ron and Martin,

Thanks for your comments. The 2 genera appear very similar to us. We'll leave it at Tribe Bacchini.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 12 May, 2010 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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