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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus verticalis
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Syrphid Fly ID request - Toxomerus verticalis - female
Copyright © 2018 John Lampkin

Syrphid Fly ID request - Toxomerus verticalis - Female
Long Key Natural Area, Broward County, Florida, USA
February 24, 2018
Stunning Syrphid
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Contributed by John Lampkin on 24 February, 2018 - 8:30pm
Last updated 26 February, 2018 - 8:30am

Moved
Moved from Toxomerus.
… John Lampkin, 26 February, 2018 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
ID confrimed...
... by Jeff Skevington who wrote in a personal communication that he "...sees the blue a lot in Toxomerus photos (and other Syrphines)." It is possibly a refractive artifact of the flash.
Thanks to Martin Hauser for the steer.
… John Lampkin, 26 February, 2018 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 25 February, 2018 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Martin, and...
... I had looked at Toxomerus because of the pattern on the scutellum. However, I can't find any in that genus or anywhere else that matches the abdomenal pattern. What are the species possibilities in Toxomerus?
… John Lampkin, 25 February, 2018 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
it is clearly a Toxomerus spe
it is clearly a Toxomerus species, but I am not sure which species. There are several Toxomerus species in FL which are not yet on BG..So it might be new for BG!
… Martin Hauser, 25 February, 2018 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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