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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Sphaerophoria
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Sphaerophoria sp. - Sphaerophoria - female
Copyright © 2017 Michael Patrikeev

Sphaerophoria sp. - Sphaerophoria - Female
Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
September 12, 2017
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Contributed by Michael Patrikeev on 29 September, 2017 - 11:09pm
Last updated 26 February, 2019 - 7:11pm

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria contigua.

See Bill’s comments below.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 February, 2019 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

Not contigua which has the ye
Not contigua which has the yellow side stripes on thorax to transverse suture only. To be certain of the species of the group with the yellow stripe extending to posterior callus, male genitalia have to be studied and females at present only identifiable if found in cop with an identified male. Safe in Sphaerophoria.
… Bill Dean, 25 February, 2019 - 4:47am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Bill, I made my assumptio
Hi Bill,
I made my assumption based on the three illustrated species of Sphaerophoria in Ontario (as per the guide), but I can see now that there are 13 spp. in North America, incl. many without images.
… Michael Patrikeev, 25 February, 2019 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphaerophoria.
… Michael Patrikeev, 24 February, 2019 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 September, 2017 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Sphaerophoria ..... female
Sphaerophoria ..... female
… Bill Dean, 30 September, 2017 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 September, 2017 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

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