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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Blerina » Somula » Somula decora
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Hover Fly - Somula decora
Copyright © 2016 Angus MacLean

Hover Fly - Somula decora
Coldbrook, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 11, 2016
This individual has some differences; the yellow markings on the first tergite are different; the whitish face is quite large?; & the legs are pale. Still it appears this is the species.
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Contributed by Angus MacLean on 13 June, 2016 - 8:44am
Last updated 13 June, 2016 - 11:18am

Moved
Moved from Sericomyia chrysotoxoides.
… Martin Hauser, 13 June, 2016 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Somula decora
Somula decora.

Sericomyia has the arista plumose. The markings on tergite 2 without club on inner margin.
The antennae are not as porrect as this specimen which also has the frons well produced forward.
… Bill Dean, 13 June, 2016 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

Somula decora
Somula decora.
… Bill Dean, 13 June, 2016 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
Somula decora
Thanks.
… Angus MacLean, 13 June, 2016 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

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