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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Pseudoscaeva » Pseudoscaeva diversifasciata

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Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Second syrphid in Keystone Canyon - Pseudoscaeva diversifasciata -

Keystone Canyon, New York Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 25, 2003
Size: ~10mm

Seen together with other syrphids at a seep in limestone cliff.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 20 June, 2005 - 4:07pm
Last updated 7 January, 2014 - 5:46pm

Moved

Moved from Ocyptamus diversifasciatus.

… Martin Hauser, 7 January, 2014 - 5:46pm

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Ocyptamus diversifasciatus (Knab, 1914)

This is a very characteristic species with the yellow-orange bands and the black velvet bands... It is placed in the large genus Ocyptamus and normaly people do not recognize it as Ocyptamus because most North American Ocyptamus have a petiolated abdomen... this one here is the exception, but therefor you can not confuse it on the species level! It is only found in the Western part, California, Oregon, Washington up into Canada (British Columbia)

… Martin Hauser, 14 February, 2006 - 7:42pm

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Ocyptamus diversifasciatus

WOW! I thought this was an unusual looking Syrphid, but to have it identified down to species level is stupendous! Thank you, Martin!

… Hartmut Wisch, 15 February, 2006 - 1:07am

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Moved

to new page.

… Beatriz Moisset, 15 February, 2006 - 7:08am

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Thanks Beatriz,

for setting up a species page.

… Hartmut Wisch, 15 February, 2006 - 10:59am

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Male Allograpta sp.

Although this is a very dark specimen, I think this is a male in the genus Allograpta!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards

… Gerard Pennards, 21 June, 2005 - 1:43am

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Melangyna?

Hi Gerard,

I have my doubts about your identifiction. It looks more like a Melangyna to me.

Cheers,
Bastiaan

Bastiaan

… Bastiaan, 21 January, 2006 - 5:09am

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Could it be another genus?

I don't know a lot about flies, but all Allograpta seem to have a characteristic pattern of diagonal lines at the end of the abdomen and this one doesn't. So, what do you think?

… Beatriz Moisset, 28 June, 2005 - 5:01pm

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Allograpta

Thanks once again Gerard, for the ID. I'll try to find some more information on this genus.
Interestingly, at the said seep I saw numerous Scaeva but only a couple of the Allograpta.

… Hartmut Wisch, 21 June, 2005 - 10:58pm

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