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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Chalcosyrphus » subgenus Xylotomima (Chalcosyrphus subgenus Xylotomima) » Chalcosyrphus libo
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Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus libo
Copyright © 2016 Angus MacLean

Unknown Fly - Chalcosyrphus libo
Welton's Landing, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 4, 2015
Looks like a Xylota.
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Contributed by Angus MacLean on 25 May, 2016 - 2:05pm
Last updated 25 May, 2016 - 7:58pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 May, 2016 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Chalcosyrphus libo....... fem
Chalcosyrphus libo....... female.
… Bill Dean, 25 May, 2016 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Chalcosyrphus libo
Thanks for the ID, Bill. I did search the Syrphid photographic key but did not notice the note about the difference in the scutum (depressed) between this genus & Xylota. (Except for the abdominal banding, I thought this might be Xylota bicolor). You certainly have expert knowledge of syrphids.
… Angus MacLean, 26 May, 2016 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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