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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Orthonevra » pictipennis species group (Orthonevra pictipennis species group)
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Fly - Orthonevra - male
Copyright © 2017 John Rosenfeld

Fly - Orthonevra - Male
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 23, 2017

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 23 August, 2017 - 4:44pm
Last updated 27 August, 2019 - 11:25am

Moved
Moved from Orthonevra pulchella.
… John Rosenfeld, 27 August, 2019 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Darkened cross-veins and noti
Darkened cross-veins and noticeably hairy face. I have sent it to Dr. Kelsey Byers and Dr. Martin Hauser for discussion.
… Bill Dean, 26 August, 2019 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Bill
Perhaps it's O. pictipennis? Princeton field guide to Flower Flies of Northeastern North America indicates it has "face densely pilose" and "wings darkened around cross veins". The other Orthonevra in that guide don't look like contenders.
… John Rosenfeld, 26 August, 2019 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Safe in pictipennis group.
Safe in pictipennis group. Note also the white mark on frons reaches half way to antennae.
… Bill Dean, 27 August, 2019 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

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