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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Pipizinae » Pipiza
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Pale-belted fly - Pipiza - female
Copyright © 2018 Timothy Reichard

Pale-belted fly - Pipiza - Female
Greenbelt Park, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
May 1, 2018
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Contributed by Timothy Reichard on 17 May, 2018 - 8:30pm
Last updated 13 June, 2018 - 7:57am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 13 June, 2018 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Pipiza ....... female.
Pipiza ....... female.
The wings are folded but in a zoomed image on the wing lying underneath, you can see the upper outer cross-vein has the bend in the lower third and with a pair of spots and the frons somewhat projecting, Pipiza looks good.
The femora don`t look swollen (incrassate) and I don`t see any spines.
It would be hard to put a species name on this. I certainly admire your efforts.
… Bill Dean, 13 June, 2018 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

Pipiza or one of the very sim
Pipiza or one of the very similar genera (Heringia, Trichopsomyia) is my best ID.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 12 June, 2018 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure the other genera can
Not sure the other genera can have those yellow spots. In Pipiza there are three options:

P. cribbeni - described in 1996, I don't have the source & neither does the internet
P. femoralis - likely; spinules on the end of the femora, femora incrassate
P. nigripilosa - also possible; lacks spinules on the end of the femora, femora not incrassatte

The others are out of range or the abdominal markings (4 spots in quadrimaculata and none in puella) differ.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 12 June, 2018 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 12 June, 2018 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

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