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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Pyrophaena » Pyrophaena granditarsis
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Platycheirus? - Pyrophaena granditarsis
Copyright © 2020 Owen Strickland

Platycheirus? - Pyrophaena granditarsis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 14, 2020
Size: 8-9mm
The orange abdomen seems distinctive but haven't found a match!

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Platycheirus? - Pyrophaena granditarsis Platycheirus? - Pyrophaena granditarsis
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Contributed by Owen Strickland on 14 June, 2020 - 10:50pm
Last updated 15 June, 2020 - 5:13am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 15 June, 2020 - 5:13am login or register to post comments

Pyrophaena granditarsis … male
Pyrophaena granditarsis … male.
It is suggested that Pyrophaena is a subgenus of Platycheirus but given full genus status at the moment on BugGuide.
Look at those weird front and middle tarsi.
Nice find.
… Bill Dean, 15 June, 2020 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you very much! :)
… Owen Strickland, 15 June, 2020 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

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