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Copestylum sp.? - Eristalis tenax - male

Copestylum sp.? - Eristalis tenax - Male
near base of Green's Peak, White Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2017
Nectaring on dandelion.
Elevation 9,200. ft.

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Eristalis tenax .... male
R4 +5 vein strongly looped. R1 and R2+3 vein meeting before wing margin to form a short stalk ..... Eristalis.
Band at posterior margin of tergite 2 is orange, posterior and anterior surface of hind tibia with long shaggy tangled hair. Thorax pruinose with some patterning... tenax.
Eyes meeting on frons ... male.

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