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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus » Helophilus fasciatus
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hover fly - Helophilus fasciatus - female
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

hover fly - Helophilus fasciatus - Female
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 23, 2009
Size: 1 cm.
What kind of hover fly is this? It is rather large for a hover fly.
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 26 May, 2009 - 4:36pm
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 9:50am

Helophilus fasciatus .... fem
Helophilus fasciatus .... female
… Bill Dean, 18 December, 2017 - 4:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 December, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Looks like genus Helophilus,
Looks like genus Helophilus, with those lengthwise thoracic stripes. [edit much later: parahelophilus has them, too]
… John Schneider, 26 May, 2009 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Helophilus is correct - the p
Helophilus is correct - the pterostigma on the wings is quite diffuse in Helophilus (and this fly), but concentrated like a band/fake vein in Parhelophilus.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 February, 2014 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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