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Species Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

Syrphid Fly of some kind - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

syrphid sp, female - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - female

Sphaerophoria - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

Small Syrphid with yellow scutellum - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - female

Syrphid Fly - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Sphaerophoria

Species sulphuripes (Sphaerophoria sulphuripes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sphaerophoria dubia Bigot 1884, Spherophoria melanosa Williston 1887

Syrphus infumatus Thomson 1869

Explanation of Names

Sphaerophoria sulphuripes (Thomson 1869)

Identification

"There is a small group of Sphaerophoria males, where the notopleural stripe is only half yellow, and there are only a few species in CA." (comment by Martin Hauser)

Range

Throughout North America(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

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Works Cited

1.	Hover Fly Survey of LA County

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 4 December, 2010 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 9 August, 2016 - 12:25pm

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