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Syrphidae - Syrphus - male
Copyright © 2016 Gilles Arbour

Syrphidae - Syrphus - Male
Monteregie County, Quebec, Canada
September 9, 2014
I always thought this one was Eristalis transversa but I now have doubts, Can you help?
Contributed by Gilles Arbour on 15 September, 2016 - 8:12am
Last updated 15 September, 2016 - 10:11am

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Jeff Brown, 15 September, 2016 - 10:11am

Syrphus
Syrphus ...... male.
Eristalis have the R4+5 vein strongly looped.
The yellow markings overlapping side margins on tergites 2, 3, and 4 and narrowing abruptly just before side margins, separate this from Eupeodes.
… Bill Dean, 15 September, 2016 - 9:51am

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Moved from ID Request.

One quick way to usually rule out E. transversa is the lack of horizontal band across top of thorax.

Compare:
… Jeff Brown, 15 September, 2016 - 9:41am

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… John S. Ascher, 15 September, 2016 - 8:16am

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