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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Mallota » Mallota posticata
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Fly or Bumble Bee? - Mallota posticata
Copyright © 2020 Pauline Horn

Fly or Bumble Bee? - Mallota posticata
Lake Roland, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
May 6, 2019
I thought this looked like a Bombus impatiens, but then I noticed that the antennae were short, like a fly. I am not sure that I see a second pair of wings, although I don't see halteres.
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Contributed by Pauline Horn on 18 February, 2020 - 7:23am
Last updated 18 February, 2020 - 9:46am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 February, 2020 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Mallota posticata .... male.
Mallota posticata .... male.
Note the strongly looped R4+5 vein and R1 and R2+3 meeting wing margin independently and not meeting with a short stalk.
Eyes pilose; black facial stripe.
… Bill Dean, 18 February, 2020 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Thank you for the explanation.
… Pauline Horn, 18 February, 2020 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 February, 2020 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

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