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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » Eupeodes fumipennis
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Eupeodes or Syrphus? - Eupeodes fumipennis - female
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Eupeodes or Syrphus? - Eupeodes fumipennis - Female
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
December 3, 2007

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 4 December, 2007 - 12:57pm
Last updated 8 December, 2016 - 7:52pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus.
… Martin Hauser, 8 December, 2016 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 December, 2015 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Subgenus-Metasyrphus
Subgenus-Metasyrphus
… Bill Dean, 8 December, 2015 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 October, 2009 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

I would
Go for a female Eupeodes, but as always in these Syrphini it is sometimes difficult to tell!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 13 December, 2007 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gerard
That makes two very respected votes for Eupeodes, while Syrphus has yet to find a champion.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 December, 2007 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, make that three votes for Eupeodes.
I'm weighing in, citing the margined abdomen.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 October, 2009 - 2:18am login or register to post comments

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