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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria » Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
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Sphaerophoria - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - male
Copyright © 2016 Joseph V Higbee

Sphaerophoria - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes - Male
Spanaway, Pierce County, Washington, USA
June 3, 2016
I'm thinking contiqua

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Contributed by Joseph V Higbee on 4 June, 2016 - 5:08pm
Last updated 5 June, 2016 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria.
… Joseph V Higbee, 5 June, 2016 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 June, 2016 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

If you look at one of the lat
If you look at one of the lateral images you can see the side stripe on thorax ends at the transverse suture and the anteroventral portion of anepimeron is black so it is either S. pyrrhina or S. sulphuripes.
… Bill Dean, 4 June, 2016 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
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for the 'contigua, novaeangliae, pyrrhina, or sulphuripes' group says "All have the lateral thoracic stripe ending at the transverse suture." Am I miss -understanding that?
I am having trouble determining just where the anepimeron plate is under the wing base. I think I have figured it out and have added a photo for review. If it is incorrect, I will remove it.
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