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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Tropidiina » Syritta » Syritta flaviventris
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Small fly, yellow abdominal markings - Syritta flaviventris
Copyright © 2010 John Schneider

Small fly, yellow abdominal markings - Syritta flaviventris
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
July 5, 2010
Size: ~6 mm L
Syrphid? Found on a flower. Resting posture was with wings overlapping over abdomen, unlike this photo.

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Contributed by John Schneider on 5 July, 2010 - 9:00pm
Last updated 7 May, 2022 - 7:58am

Moved
Moved from Syritta pipiens.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 May, 2022 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Syritta flaviventris ... fema
Syritta flaviventris ... female.
Two white spots on the transverse suture towards middle of thoracic dorsum. The markings on tergite 4 more linear in pipiens. No spurious vein which is most unusual for Syrphidae and it is present in pipiens.
Flagellum more elongate and it is round and more orange in pipiens.
… Bill Dean, 7 May, 2022 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

Thanks, Ron
Moved from Flies.
… John Schneider, 5 July, 2010 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Yes, syrphid: Syritta pipiens
It's usually this when you have a fly with enlarged rear femur, sporting "saw teeth". This is a very nice presentation of the pattern on the abdomen, which is often pretty obscure.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 July, 2010 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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