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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » marginatum group (Copestylum marginatum group) » Copestylum marginatum
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Syrphid - Copestylum marginatum - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Syrphid - Copestylum marginatum - Female
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
January 10, 2006
Size: ~7mm
This image, though not of the best quality, shows better the branched antennae. The branched part (arista?) looks as fleshy as the flagellum.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 13 January, 2006 - 12:05pm
Last updated 29 December, 2021 - 6:41pm

Moved
Moved from marginatum group.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 29 December, 2021 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum lentum.
… Even Dankowicz, 29 December, 2021 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum lentum.
… john and jane balaban, 1 March, 2015 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Copestylum.
… Martin Hauser, 27 February, 2015 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Copestylum sp.
Hello Hartmut,
Nice specimen!, This is a female of Copestylum sp.! Look a bit like this one, with the same fleshy antenna:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/37852/bgimage
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 13 January, 2006 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Gerard
I can see what you mean, considering the big 'schnazola' for this little fly.
I look at the male Copestylum you refer to (#37852), see the fleshy antenna, the shared light marks on the scutum. This little one on the Encelia is a bit different, probably another species.
This is the fourth species of Copestylum I've seen in the Transverse Ranges: the present one, and1,2,3.

But of course, probably just a drop in the bucket. I recall your remarks regarding 39 species in the US and Canada, and many more in central and south America.
… Hartmut Wisch, 13 January, 2006 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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