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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Xylota or Chalcosyrphus
Photo#133262
syrphid - male
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

syrphid - Male
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 31, 2007
Size: ~7-8mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 August, 2007 - 1:56pm
Last updated 21 January, 2013 - 1:36am

Moved
Moved from move out images & delete page.
… v belov, 21 January, 2013 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

Thanks Gerard
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… tom murray, 8 December, 2007 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

No
Not lejops or Syritta. This one is in the tribus Xylotini, and it is Xylota or Chalcosyrphus!
In general the differences between these two genera are to subtile to see in a picture!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 8 December, 2007 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your assistance on this and other syrphids
It's great to have another set of experienced eyes identifying these.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 December, 2007 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Could be Lejops


Or perhaps Syritta pipiens:
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2007 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Syritta pipiens
but it could be Lejops. I'm not good at the subtleties in these syrphids, so I'll wait for one of the dipterists.
… tom murray, 2 August, 2007 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Good idea, waiting.
S. pipiens is easily IDed if you can see a sort of saw-toothed edge on the lower part of the rear femur. (I learned this tidbit from Hartmut, and it's mentioned on the Info page.)
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2007 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

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