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Mallota bis - Eristalis flavipes - male
Copyright © 2005 Philippe Moniotte

Mallota bis - Eristalis flavipes - Male
Baxter State Park, Maine, USA
July 26, 2005
Size: 18 mm
Same specimen as previous photo. The wings venation is reasonably visible.

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Mallota bis - Eristalis flavipes - male Mallota sp ? - Eristalis flavipes - male
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Contributed by Philippe Moniotte on 28 December, 2005 - 3:26am
Last updated 12 February, 2008 - 9:27pm

Moved to Subgenus Eoseristalis
Moved from Eristalis flavipes.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 12 February, 2008 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Thanks
Thanks Gerard, I had noticed that the wing venation was remarkably like Eristalis, but I had no idea how the venation in Mallota looked like, so I went by the overall look... and got it wrong!
Philippe
… Philippe Moniotte, 28 December, 2005 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

Not Mallota, but Eristalis flavipes male
Hello Philipppe,
By the wing venation is is clear that this fly does not belong to the genus Mallota, but this is in fact Eristalis flavipes! Some Eristalis species look very much like a bumble-bee, as do Mallota. But this is a male of Eristalis flavipes, which is also visible by the orange tarsi of it's third legs in your other photo!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 28 December, 2005 - 4:51am login or register to post comments

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