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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Brachyopa
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California Syrphidae? unknown genus species - Brachyopa
Copyright © 2018 Andy Kulikowski

California Syrphidae? unknown genus species - Brachyopa
santa cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
December 5, 1995

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Contributed by Andy Kulikowski on 5 December, 2018 - 2:19pm
Last updated 30 December, 2018 - 4:48pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 30 December, 2018 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Kevin Moran made some good po
Kevin Moran made some good points:
I think this is Brachyopa.

Crossvein r-m is very far back which is a big hint.

Eliminates Xylota, Chalcosyrphus and Tropidia.

Probably not Myolepta which should be tuberculate in male.
… Martin Hauser, 30 December, 2018 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Maaaaybe Myolepta, I see spines on the midfemur but can't tell on the forefemur. The facial profile is weird, it looks more Muscoidea even though the rest of the fly is clearly Syrphidae...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 7 December, 2018 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

 
Definitely weird...
Thanks for the suggestion, Kelsey. I'll take a closer look at it with Myolepta in mind. It's such an oddball and the only thing like it in our collection. I've gone back a couple of times now just to convince myself it's actually a syrphid...
… Andy Kulikowski , 7 December, 2018 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

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