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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Sericomyiina » Sericomyia » chalcopyga complex  (Sericomyia chalcopyga complex ) » Western Pond Fly (Sericomyia chalcopyga)

Species Sericomyia chalcopyga - Western Pond Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Sericomyia? - Sericomyia chalcopyga - male Flower Fly - Sericomyia chalcopyga Syrphid Fly - Sericomyia chalcopyga - female Flower Fly - Sericomyia chalcopyga - female Sericomyia chalcopyga? - Sericomyia chalcopyga syrphid fly: Sericomyia chalcopyga? - Sericomyia chalcopyga Hover fly - Sericomyia chalcopyga A welcome relief, a somewhat easily IDed Flower Fly Sericomyia chalcopyga (Western Pond Fly) - Sericomyia chalcopyga
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 Eristalini
Subtribe Sericomyiina
Genus Sericomyia
No Taxon (chalcopyga complex )
Species chalcopyga (Western Pond Fly)
Explanation of Names
Sericomyia chalcopyga Loew 1863
Identification
similar to S. chrysotoxoides: both have three yellow bands separated in the middle (not broadened at tips) and bristles along edge of thorax opposite wing base that are extensively black; the yellow bands are straight in S. chalcopyga vs angled in S. chrysotoxoides
Range
w. NA (AK-CA to sw.SK-UT)(1)
Remarks
the most common species of Sericomyia in the West --Jeff Skevington's comment

An undescribed species may be misidentified as this species. Only males of the two species are distinguishable, with the male of the undescribed species having a thickened hind femur akin to Sericomyia militaris. It is rare with only five males known.
Works Cited
1.Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species
Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2012. Can. Entomol. 144: 216–247.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 11 January, 2011 - 5:37pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Kevin Moran, zdanko
Last updated 16 May, 2021 - 5:39pm

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