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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum
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Big red eyes - Melanostoma mellinum - male
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Big red eyes - Melanostoma mellinum - Male
Alameda County, California, USA
May 24, 2010
Size: 7.6 mm bl
On potato leaf, noon.
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Contributed by R. Berg on 24 May, 2010 - 10:23pm
Last updated 10 November, 2014 - 3:33pm

Moved
Moved from Platycheirus or Melanostoma.
… R. Berg, 10 November, 2014 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bacchini.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 November, 2014 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

 
Melanostoma mellinum
Male Platycheirus have the front tarsi expanded
… Bill Dean, 10 November, 2014 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… R. Berg, 25 May, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

Male syrphid, tribe Bacchini
Likely Platycheirus sp., but possibly Melanostoma or some other genus. Wish I could be of more help.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 May, 2010 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Well . . .
that's a lot more help than I could give myself!
… R. Berg, 25 May, 2010 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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