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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Chalcosyrphus » subgenus Xylotomima (Chalcosyrphus subgenus Xylotomima) » Chalcosyrphus curvarius
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Large colorful fly - Chalcosyrphus curvarius
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Large colorful fly - Chalcosyrphus curvarius
Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA
July 5, 2009
Size: ~14mm
Unfortunately this fly didn't survive being chilled. I guess the motel fridge was a bit too cold for it.

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Large colorful fly - Chalcosyrphus curvarius Large colorful fly - Chalcosyrphus curvarius
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Contributed by tom murray on 8 July, 2009 - 9:07am
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 3:41pm

Moved
ID from specimen; the combination of orange fore- and mid-femora, black hind coxa, and whitish haltere is distinctive for this species.

Moved from Xylotini.
… Joel Kits, 3 January, 2010 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Chalcosyrphus curvaria
Joel, thanks for the species identification!
… tom murray, 3 January, 2010 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 8 July, 2009 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Chalcosyrphus?
Just guessing based on similar appearance -- so wait for one of the Diptera experts to confirm -- but this looks like a good match to me (seen in an orange flavor below):



[EDIT: Hey, wait a minute... A little more searching and I found one of your images that has been identified as Tribe Xylotini, possible Chalcosyrphus or Xylota sp. So, maybe it could just as easily be Xylota.]

… Harsi S. Parker, 8 July, 2009 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
One more...
Also, this one from Eric:



(I'm posting all these partially in the hope that if an expert is able to identify your high-quality images of this fly, then perhaps they will be able to resolve these others as well.)
… Harsi S. Parker, 8 July, 2009 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Nice find, Tom.
This one deserves a WOW!
… Ron Hemberger, 8 July, 2009 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

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