Diptera: Syrphid? - Eristalinus taeniops

Moved

Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Martin Hauser says here that it was introduced into Florida. I think we have enough evidence to place it.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 February, 2015 - 11:02am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 February, 2015 - 9:03am

Looks a lot like Eristalinus taeniops

but that seems to be a west coast species.

… John Rosenfeld, 1 February, 2015 - 8:52am

V's flyguide can be found

here
One with similar eyes is

but it doesn't seem to be found in Florida

… john and jane balaban, 1 February, 2015 - 8:46am

There is an entry at inaturalist.org

that indicates it has been found in Florida-

http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/band-eyed_drone_fly

… John Rosenfeld, 1 February, 2015 - 8:58am

Thanks!

Wow. This web site never ceases to amaze me. So many people who know so many things. I'll wait for confirmation before assigning it (in my own files, as I'm not a bugguide editor) to E. taeniops, but it looks pretty convincing to me!
That inaturalist.org page indicates presence in Florida but it doesn't have any documentation for it; I'll see if I can dig any deeper there.

… Ben Kolstad, 1 February, 2015 - 9:36am

There is a paper here

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/17083/ent_FCT_60.pdf?sequence=1

showing a published record from Florida.

… John Rosenfeld, 1 February, 2015 - 10:47am

Thank you!

Exactly what I was looking for.

… Ben Kolstad, 1 February, 2015 - 11:07am