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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » Eupeodes fumipennis
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different Hoverfly - Eupeodes fumipennis - female
Copyright © 2007 Beth Sands

different Hoverfly - Eupeodes fumipennis - Female
Manteca, San joaquin County, California, USA
September 7, 2007
Size: 1 cm
Hoverflies are so pretty and diverse . I noticed that someone in Illinois posted the same type which I just have found in my yard , so I thought that I would post mine as well since California is a long ways away from Illinois . Thanks for any help in his i.d. , sincerely Beth
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 8 September, 2007 - 4:54pm
Last updated 9 December, 2016 - 9:54am

The other other attached imag
The other other attached image is a different species and should be separated, and deleted or placed in Syrphini.
… Bill Dean, 9 December, 2016 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 9 December, 2016 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 8 December, 2015 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Martin Hauser, 2 January, 2015 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 November, 2007 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

These are a bit of a problem
What you have is either Eupeodes or Syrphus. These are usually IDed to tribe here, i.e. Syrphini.

Now, if memory serves, the one from Illinois is a different story. Note that the top abdomen stripe on yours has a gap in the middle, while theirs is unbroken.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 September, 2007 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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