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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Sericomyiina » Sericomyia » Narrow-banded Pond Fly (Sericomyia militaris)
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Syrphid? - Sericomyia militaris - male
Copyright © 2008 DeeDee

Syrphid? - Sericomyia militaris - Male
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
September 16, 2008
I've looked on this site for an answer but either keep missing it or just can't find it. Would you tell me which species this is? This syrphid, if indeed a syrphid, was quite large.

Thanks.
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Contributed by DeeDee on 16 September, 2008 - 9:00pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 5:57pm

Moved
Moved from Sericomyia. Male Sericomyia militaris, matches image at Canadian National Collection, Sericomyia plate 1 with respect to small, dash-like maculae and absence of maculae on T2.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 19 September, 2009 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

Yep
It's a male Sericomyia allright, but whether it is militaris or another one is not clear from this picture.
But it could very well be!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 17 September, 2008 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Sericomyia spp
What identifying marks would you need to id this guy/girl?
… DeeDee, 17 September, 2008 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving -
to genus page for now... I don't know how to confirm species, unfortunately.
… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2008 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Not an ID -
but looks like it might be something like Sericomyia militaris - see, for example:



Please wait for one of our experts to comment.
… Ken Schneider, 16 September, 2008 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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