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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Brachypalpus » subgenus Crioprora (Brachypalpus subgenus Crioprora) » Brachypalpus femorata
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Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus femorata
Copyright © 2013 Robert H Geiger

Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus femorata
Banks, Washington County, Oregon, USA
April 24, 2013
Size: 15 mm

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Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus femorata Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus femorata Syrphid Fly - Brachypalpus femorata - female
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Contributed by Robert H Geiger on 24 April, 2013 - 8:29pm
Last updated 15 November, 2014 - 10:44am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 26 September, 2014 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Brachypalpus femorata.
Brachypalpus femorata.
… Kevin Moran, 26 September, 2014 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice work! For some reason G
Nice work! For some reason Gil Miranda's "Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae" never keys things out to Brachypalpus (Crioprora), which is probably why I missed it back then.

I agree with your ID; I looked at Williston's original species description, as well as his 1887 key, and it fits perfectly. I'll create a species page!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 26 September, 2014 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Gil's Key
It does key out in Gil's key and it is placed in the bumble-bee genera portion of the key.
… Kevin Moran, 26 September, 2014 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah.
I didn't realize there wasn't a page or I would have gone in depth with my reasoning.
… Kevin Moran, 26 September, 2014 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Maaaaybe something in Chalcos
Maaaaybe something in Chalcosyrphus?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 December, 2013 - 1:23am login or register to post comments

 
In retrospect, I don't think
In retrospect, I don't think so - looks more like Cynorhinella or Myolepta (I think I may see the relevant spines on the fore femur), though neither have species here on BugGuide that look quite right. Tricky fly, despite your good photographs!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 December, 2013 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 April, 2013 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

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