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Species Ferdinandea buccata

Ferdinandea? - Ferdinandea buccata Syrphid Fly - Ferdinandea buccata Fernandea? - Ferdinandea buccata dark Syrphid with golden syrphid - Ferdinandea buccata Ferdinandea buccata - male Allegheny Syrphid - Ferdinandea buccata - male Allegheny Syrphid - Ferdinandea buccata - 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 Rhingiini
Subtribe Cheilosiina
Genus Ferdinandea
Species buccata (Ferdinandea buccata)
Explanation of Names
Ferdinandea buccata (Loew 1863)
Identification
black terminal bands on the first few abdominal terga (F. croesus has no black terminal borders and is supposed to have arista all black)
Range
NY to WI & GA(1)
Works Cited
1.A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.