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Species Copestylum satur - Spotted-wing Bromeliad Fly

Copestylum satur? - Copestylum satur - male

I thought this was just a honeybee, but the face, antennae, and wings look wrong. Is it a fly of some type? - Copestylum satur - female

Copestylum satur? - Copestylum satur - female

Large fly from the wetlands. - Copestylum satur - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Volucellini

Genus Copestylum

Species satur (Spotted-wing Bromeliad Fly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Volucella satur Osten Sacken 1877, V. tau Bigot 1883

Explanation of Names

Copestylum (Phalacromya) satur (Osten Sacken 1877)

Range

w. NA(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Hover Fly Survey of LA County

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 27 July, 2010 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2016 - 5:34pm

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