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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum
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Syrphid2 - Melanostoma mellinum - female
Copyright © 2020 Stylurus

Syrphid2 - Melanostoma mellinum - Female
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
May 22, 2020
very small, think it was less than 8mm
only got 1 angle
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Contributed by Stylurus on 22 May, 2020 - 8:30pm
Last updated 23 May, 2020 - 3:33pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 23 May, 2020 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Melanostoma mellinum … I think
Melanostoma mellinum … female I think. Not a very clear picture.
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser for his opinion. Males of Melanostoma mellinum taken same place, same day.
… Bill Dean, 22 May, 2020 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
indentifying this individual
Thanks for all of your efforts. I appreciate this so much. It disappeared when I tried to get another angle, which might have made everything easier. I had thought that the female was measurably smaller than the male, but the guide shows a size range of up to double, so I guess not at issue.
… Stylurus, 23 May, 2020 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
For what it's worth, that was
For what it's worth, that was my guess as well.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 23 May, 2020 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 May, 2020 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

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