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Genus Blera

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hover fly - Blera Hover Fly? - Blera confusa - female Hover Fly? - Blera confusa - female Syrphid - Blera analis Syrphid - Blera analis - male syrphid - Blera Late May Hover Fly - Blera badia Blera badia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Aschiza)
Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Genus Blera
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 17 species.
Remarks
Blera is a place-name from Italy. I don't know if this is related to the generic name or not.
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists several species for that state, most common in the collection are pictipes and notata.
Milesiini--photos of specimens from Japan
Syrphida of Ontario--thanks to Joel Kits for this link
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 December, 2004 - 6:45am
Last updated 12 March, 2005 - 10:25am

Blera guide
Information for 8 northeastern Blera species is available at Syrphidae of Ontario.
… Joel Kits, 11 March, 2005 - 10:44pm

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