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Pterallastes thoracicus male? - Mallota bautias - male

Pterallastes thoracicus male? - Mallota bautias - Male
Decorah Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 25, 2019
Size: ~13 mm
I'm quite sure this is Pterallastes thoracicus, though I originally thought it was a Mallota species. The rich gold thorax hairs and some dark stripes showing through the hairs there made me change my mind. I have not seen P. thoracicus before so I'm interested to know if that's what this is.

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Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

 
Mallota bautias male
Thanks for moving this Syrphid fly to Mallota bautias for me, Ken!

Mallota bautias .... male
Mallota bautias .... male
Hind femora much too enlarged for Pterallastes and note the ventral projection on hind tibia of male Mallota bautias which is visible in the image 1767266.
Also note that Pterallastes have the tibiae partly pale on basal half, especially middle tibia and tarsamere 1,2 and 3 on middle leg pale.

 
Mallota bautias male
Thanks for correcting my erroneous tentative ID, Bill! I had originally thought Mallota, but got sidetracked by those very golden hairs on its thorax.

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