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Paragus - Paragus haemorrhous

Paragus - Paragus haemorrhous
Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
August 30, 2015
Size: ~4mm
I think this is Paragus haemorrhous because there’s no light area on the apex of the scutellum and the hairs on the eyes aren’t banded. However, the color of the abdomen is really dark compared to most of the guide’s photos of this species and the Miranda et al. paper (1) says that species in the subgenus Paragus “(sometimes) the terminal abdominal segments [are] reddish”. Am I correct in concluding that this fly is really P. haemorrhous?

Thanks in advance for the help.

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Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Some P. haemorrhous are dark - this may be some melanism or just natural variation with the species.

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