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balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum

Syrphid Fly - Temnostoma - female Waspy syrphid - Temnostoma Syrphid - Temnostoma? - Temnostoma Syrphid Fly - Temnostoma Large syrphid fly - Temnostoma - female Syrphidae Temnostoma sp. T. barberi or T. obscurum? - Temnostoma - male - female Temnostoma balyras? - Temnostoma Temnostoma balyras ? - Temnostoma - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Subtribe Temnostomina
Genus Temnostoma
No Taxon balyras, barberi, obscurum, or trifasciatum
Identification
Four difficult to distinguish species, largely dependent on wing trichosity. T. balyras has yellow hairs on tergite 5 (other three species are black), but this is not always visible. Drawings of wing veination here and here.