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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Ocyptamus » Ocyptamus fuscipennis
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Which Syrphid? - Ocyptamus fuscipennis - female
Copyright © 2009 StevenBren

Which Syrphid? - Ocyptamus fuscipennis - Female
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
May 27, 2009
Size: ~ 10 mm
Hovering in front of egg just laid on aphid infested Kalanchoe. Nervous aphid in distance. Frassable.
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Contributed by StevenBren on 27 May, 2009 - 7:59pm
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 12:06pm

Moved
Moved from Ocyptamus.
… Martin Hauser, 8 January, 2015 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

This is Ocyptamus fuscipennis
This is Ocyptamus fuscipennis. its a very variable species.
… Kevin Moran, 8 January, 2015 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 June, 2010 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

A bit of a puzzler
Strongly reminds me of Pseudodoros clavatus - the four-spotted aphid fly - but without the spots. There is no other Pseudodoros species here, so I'm out of ideas. Perhaps yours is oddly marked. Perhaps some expert will comment.

… Ron Hemberger, 27 May, 2009 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
ID: Ocyptamus sp., a female
From tribe Syrphini, like the aforementioned P. clavatus.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 June, 2010 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

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