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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Brachyopa
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Fly on ?plum flower - Brachyopa - female
Copyright © 2020 Charley Eiseman

Fly on ?plum flower - Brachyopa - Female
Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
May 2, 2020

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 October, 2020 - 11:06am
Last updated 25 October, 2020 - 2:30pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Thanks-- I don't have a photo with the arista in focus, but there are definitely black hairs on the scutellum.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 October, 2020 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

Brachyopa … female. Whethe
Brachyopa … female.
Whether the arista is hirsute is difficult to see but the scutellum looks to have black hairs and tergites with continuous black edging and hind femora dark toward tip makes me think this is Brachyopa notata.
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser for his opinion.
… Bill Dean, 25 October, 2020 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Surely Brachyopa. But I have
Surely Brachyopa. But I have about twice the number of described species in my collection... so I am not doing a species ID, because this needs a revision (although most new species are in the west)
… Martin Hauser, 25 October, 2020 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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