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subgenus Platycheirus (Platycheirus subgenus Platycheirus)
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Platycheirus obscurus
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Copyright © 2016
Leo-Guy de Repentigny
Diptera. Syrphidae. -
Platycheirus obscurus
Québec, boisé de l'Université Laval, Québec County, Quebec, Canada
October 5, 2016
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Contributed by
Leo-Guy de Repentigny
on 8 October, 2016 - 10:37am
Last updated 7 December, 2016 - 11:15am
Moved
Moved from
Platycheirus
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Keyed with Young et al 2016:
1: male -> 2
2: fore tibia and tarsi not modified -> 49
49: posterior forefemur with uniform setae -> 53
53: fore and mid tibiae with strong setae, face with rippled pollinosity -> 54
54: first tarsomere with weak short pile -> 56
56: pollinosity not uniform, arista not so thickened -> 57
57: pollinosity rippled -> 58
58: fore tibia with setae not nearly as thick as arista, lateral pile of tergites pale -> 59
59: face with ripples rather than punctures -> 63
63: face fairly strongly produced, fore and mid femora broadly orange -> 64
64: face produced ontly to tubercule, stripe to antennal base -> P. obscurus
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 7 December, 2016 - 11:15am
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 8 October, 2016 - 10:42am
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Platycheirus
Merci beaucoup pour l'identification.
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Leo-Guy de Repentigny
, 8 October, 2016 - 10:45am
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De rien! J'aime les syrphes.
De rien! J'aime les syrphes.
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 8 October, 2016 - 11:50am
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