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Syrphini? - Dasysyrphus - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Syrphini? - Dasysyrphus - Female
Mount Pinos summit, elev. 8831 ft (2692m), Kern County, California, USA
August 22, 2006
Feeding in Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Green Rabbitbrush).

I got stuck using an old key to the genera of Syrphidae (in Cole & Schlinger, The Flies of Western North America.1968, Univ. of Calif. Press). Dasysyrphus seems to come close in abdominal pattern, though not color, but is not listed in that key. Didea seemed the closest in the key.

So, what is it?

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 August, 2006 - 6:28pm

Dasysyrphus
With the comma shaped spots and the dense hairs on the eyes, it is clearly a female of the genus Dasysyrphus. The species are a bit difficult to tell.
… Martin Hauser, 26 August, 2006 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Martin,
so there are Dasysyrphus out here in CA.
… Hartmut Wisch, 26 August, 2006 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

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