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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Chrysogaster
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Anthomyiidae? - Chrysogaster
Copyright © 2020 Stuart J. Marcus

Anthomyiidae? - Chrysogaster
Trinity River Refuge HQ building, Liberty County, Texas, USA
January 9, 2020
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Contributed by Stuart J. Marcus on 10 January, 2020 - 9:54am
Last updated 10 January, 2020 - 12:38pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 10 January, 2020 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

This is dif
This is difficult but the inflated frons and the upper outer cross-vein slightly re-entrant makes me think Chrysogaster... male.
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser.
… Bill Dean, 10 January, 2020 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Cheilosa maybe?

Stuart - note the "spurious vein" which is very obvious in your photo. More info on that in the Info page (click on the "Info" tab above your image). Other wing veination also not consistent with Anthomyiidae.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 January, 2020 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

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