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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Orthonevra » bellula species group (Orthonevra bellula species group) » Orthonevra nitida
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small fly with distinctive eyes - Orthonevra nitida - female
Copyright © 2014 Timothy Calkins

small fly with distinctive eyes - Orthonevra nitida - Female
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 28, 2014
Size: 8-10mm body length
observed perched on ageratum leaf. Pale eyes show darker line pattern, grayish blotch between eyes. body appeared black from a distance, but more gray/buff in photo. Wing venation indistinct in photos, but veins seemed to be marked in black.

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Contributed by Timothy Calkins on 31 July, 2014 - 8:14am
Last updated 21 June, 2021 - 11:17am

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… v belov, 31 July, 2014 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

Orthonevra nitida (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 31 July, 2014 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
thanks very much
I assumed the eyes would be distinctive, but I had spent a lot of time not finding a match, appreciate the information!
… Timothy Calkins, 31 July, 2014 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

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