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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Xylomyidae » Xylomya
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Diptera. Xylomyidae. Xylomya - Xylomya
Copyright © 2020 Leo-Guy de Repentigny

Diptera. Xylomyidae. Xylomya - Xylomya
Québec, boisé de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
July 13, 2018

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Contributed by Leo-Guy de Repentigny on 9 June, 2020 - 10:15am
Last updated 2 August, 2021 - 9:31pm

Intermediate
See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21163268

Intermediate between americana and terminalis

Like americana and unlike terminalis in the following ways:
-humeral spot and spot at base of transverse suture not at all joined
-abdominal segments only yellow at posterior margin of segments and in broad yellow spot beneath haltere

Otherwise like terminalis, and unlike americana in all ways visible in this photo.

"Reminds me of the weird intermediate between Helophilus fasciatus and latifrons we once found on BugGuide. It seems premature to call it a new species without more material." -Even

Similar to https://bugguide.net/node/view/533030, but opposite in that all red areas there are black here.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 2 August, 2021 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Except that the red tibia of
Except that the red tibia of americana is here yellow as in terminalis

Also worth adding to the above that the scutellum has a pale spot transverse here as in americana versus normal terminalis
… Even Dankowicz, 2 August, 2021 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the corrections.
Thanks for the corrections.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 2 August, 2021 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylomya terminalis.
… Even Dankowicz, 2 August, 2021 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylomya.
… Even Dankowicz, 2 August, 2021 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 June, 2020 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

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