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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
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Hoverfly - Toxomerus geminatus
Copyright © 2018 Steven Russell Smith

Hoverfly - Toxomerus geminatus
Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
July 15, 2018
Size: 7 mm

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Contributed by Steven Russell Smith on 20 July, 2018 - 6:51am
Last updated 7 August, 2018 - 2:54am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 1 August, 2018 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
For your work in identifying this specimen.
… Steven Russell Smith, 1 August, 2018 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry for the confusion but w
Sorry for the confusion but we got there in the end. It is a variablle species and this is untypical.
… Bill Dean, 2 August, 2018 - 3:42am login or register to post comments

Having a second look at this
Having a second look at this one, I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser.
The scutellum looks as if has yellow edging rather than whole scutellum and the hind tibia looks rather bowed. The back of the eye shows an angle which now makes me think Toxomerus geminatus but the abdomen doesn`t look quite right. The hind femur has unusual marking too,?????
… Bill Dean, 1 August, 2018 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

Sphaerophoria ..... male
Sphaerophoria ..... male
… Bill Dean, 20 July, 2018 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
I appreciate the ID!
… Steven Russell Smith, 20 July, 2018 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

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