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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Platycheirus
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Puppy-faced shiny fly - Platycheirus
Copyright © 2014 Rebecca Simrose

Puppy-faced shiny fly - Platycheirus
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
June 2, 2012

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Contributed by Rebecca Simrose on 11 February, 2014 - 10:24pm

Either Platycheirus stegnus o
Either Platycheirus stegnus or P. stegnoides given the punctate face and location.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 6 December, 2016 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 11 February, 2014 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Thanks!
Thanks!
… Rebecca Simrose, 11 February, 2014 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

I love your description! Thi
I love your description! This is Platycheirus, a syrphid fly (Syrphidae). Many of the species in the genus are silvery instead of yellow and black, and the protruding face (puppylike, as you mention) is also quite characteristic, though not all Platycheirus have it.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 11 February, 2014 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID!
Thanks for the ID!
… Rebecca Simrose, 11 February, 2014 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

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