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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » vesicularium group (Copestylum vesicularium group) » Violet Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum barei)
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metallic fly - Copestylum barei
Copyright © 2011 David Almquist

metallic fly - Copestylum barei
near Inverness, Sumter County, Florida, USA
June 9, 2011
This was captured in a Malaise trap in a xeric area that was mostly scrubby flatwoods and sandhill habitats. If another angle or a closeup of a certain external structure would help with identification, please let me know.

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metallic fly - Copestylum barei metallic fly - Copestylum barei - male metallic fly trying to show wing hairs - Copestylum barei
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Contributed by David Almquist on 15 June, 2011 - 10:53pm
Last updated 18 June, 2011 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 18 June, 2011 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
other characters?
Please let me know if there are closeups of any external characters that would be useful for the guide for genus and/or species level IDs, as I have the specimen ready for more photos, but won't have it ready for too much longer. Also, thanks for the ID.
… David Almquist, 18 June, 2011 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
There are only a few of these
There are only a few of these metallic greenish purple species, and this one is the only one with the basal abdominal segments dark. So you have captured most of the important characters... A good pic of the wing which shows the hair patches on the wing would be good, but this might be too difficult to take...
… Martin Hauser, 18 June, 2011 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
hair patches
on a particular part of the wing, or patches within the entire wing? And thanks for the input.
… David Almquist, 18 June, 2011 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
It is diagnostic how much of
It is diagnostic how much of the different cells (BM, CuP, R etc) have microtrichia or not, so it is nearly the whole wing...
… Martin Hauser, 18 June, 2011 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
see if this shows anything
You're probably an editor, but I posted a larger version of the best one I was able to get tonight and it's here
http://bugguide.net/images/raw/6RKHIRTZQRCZ7R2LKRLH5RZH2RBL5RCLXZBLFL2LSZALFLNL3L9LYLUL3L6LQRWLSRELLZFZSRWLKR.jpg
if you're not. Please let me know if this shows anything diagnostic and, if so, what it doesn't show. Thanks again.
… David Almquist, 18 June, 2011 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I'll see what I can do
with the dorsal surface of the left wing.
… David Almquist, 18 June, 2011 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

looks like a male Copestylum to me
… v belov, 16 June, 2011 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

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