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fly - Teuchocnemis bacuntius - male
Copyright © 2007 Michael Pettigrew

fly - Teuchocnemis bacuntius - Male
Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
April 28, 2007
Contributed by Michael Pettigrew on 29 April, 2007 - 9:01pm
Last updated 17 May, 2021 - 11:23pm

Syrphidae: Teuchocnemis... th
Syrphidae: Teuchocnemis... this looks a bit different from the pics of T. bacuntius... there's only 1 other species listed on Neartica T. lituratus... so maybe that... or maybe it's sexual dimorphism... hopefully one of our dipterists can ID this with some certainty
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 29 April, 2007 - 9:11pm

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