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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Melangyna
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Fly - Melangyna
Copyright © 2015 Robert Sivinski

Fly - Melangyna
Jemez Mountains, Valles Caldera, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
August 1, 2010
Size: 10 mm
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Contributed by Robert Sivinski on 22 January, 2015 - 1:35pm
Last updated 31 January, 2015 - 12:40am

Moved
Moved from Syrphinae.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 31 January, 2015 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 January, 2015 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

I was initially thinking Mela
I was initially thinking Melangyna, but the face is black rather than yellow. Melanostoma mellinum?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 January, 2015 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Not M. mellinum. The scutellu
Not M. mellinum. The scutellum is the wrong colour.
The dirty yellow scutellum with a black spot at the base on sides is found in Melangyna.
Looking at very high magnification, I think the face is yellow but obscured by dusting.
Some Melangyna can have the face black.
The black hind legs and pale only at the knees is typical of Melangyna.
Hair colour on thorax can change from dark to pale depending on light and angle of viewing if you tried to determine what species of Melangyna this is. However they are difficult even with the actual specimen under a microscope.
… Bill Dean, 30 January, 2015 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 January, 2015 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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