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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Xylomyidae » Solva » Solva pallipes
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Xylomyid Fly - Solva pallipes
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Xylomyid Fly - Solva pallipes
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 13, 2008
Size: ~ 1 cm
Seen crawling on a pine tree.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 13 July, 2008 - 8:54pm
Last updated 6 September, 2014 - 3:24pm

Moved
Moved from Solva.
… v belov, 10 June, 2009 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Xylomyidae.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 July, 2008 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… Peter Cristofono, 25 July, 2008 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Xylomyidae: Solva sp.
This is a species of Solva, very probably S. pallipes
… Norm Woodley, 24 July, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you are right
The white bands on the abdomen are very distinctive
… Miles Zhang, 10 June, 2009 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Xylomyidae: Solva
… Matt Bertone, 14 July, 2008 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be in Stratiomyidae,
Looks to be in Stratiomyidae, but beyond that I can't help.
… Dennis Haines, 13 July, 2008 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Not a wasp
It's a fly of some type, but I don't know which family it belongs to. You can browse through them here in the guide until someone more informed than me has a look.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 13 July, 2008 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks Jon
… Peter Cristofono, 13 July, 2008 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

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