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Species Teuchocnemis bacuntius

Orange Spur Fly, Teuchocnemis bacuntius - Teuchocnemis bacuntius - male

Maybe Tetanocera or Myopa? - Teuchocnemis bacuntius - female

Robust Forest Floor Fly - Teuchocnemis bacuntius - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Milesiini

Subtribe Temnostomina

Genus Teuchocnemis

Species bacuntius (Teuchocnemis bacuntius)

Explanation of Names

Teuchocnemis bacuntius (Walker 1849)

Bacuntius is an old Roman name for a European river (here)

Size

13-15 mm(1)

Range

e. US (NH-FL-TX)(1)

Season

May-Jun in NJ, NH(1), Mar-Apr in NC (lower elevations)(2), Apr in OK(3)

Remarks

May be a Batesian mimic of a paper wasp, e.g. Polistes fuscatus. Compare:

Works Cited

1.	Syrphidae of Ontario

2.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

3.	SYRPHIDAE OF OKLAHOMA (DIPTERA)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 30 March, 2006 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 6 April, 2018 - 6:19pm

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