Teal Syrphid - Psellidotus hieroglyphicus

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… v belov, 15 April, 2009 - 11:43am

This is a species of Psellido

This is a species of Psellidotus (formerly called Labostigmina in North America), probably P. hieroglyphica (Olivier)

… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 11:49am

Psellidotus or Odontomyia ?

I recently posted a specimen I thought was Odontomyia, but was corrected and told it was Psellidotus (http://bugguide.net/node/view/721925). Apparently this is confusing to others besides myself. My Soldier Fly did not match any of the pictures in Bug Guide, but I did use MND and confirmed, I believe, that it is Psellidotus. Then I ran across the web site (http://tolweb.org/Psellidotus/108826) which in turn had references to Harvard for images of Psellidotus. When I clicked on the image for P. similis (http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/MCZ/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=7512&-Find), the image looks strikingly like that for P. hieroglyphicus in Bugguide), while the P. hierglyphicus in the Harvard site (http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/MCZ/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=23198&-Find) looks like my Stratiomyidae ! And to make things even more confusing, all of the Harvard links have "Odontomyia" listed under the specimen images. Can anyone clear any of these discrepencies up ?

… M. Leonidov, 15 November, 2012 - 12:11am

Thanks, Norm

Your expertise is appreciated. Looks like we need a couple new pages in the guide for this one.

By the way, is your book still in print?

… Steve Scott, 24 May, 2006 - 1:40pm

Odontomyia

This is a great picture of a female Stratiomyidae. The genus is Odontomyia or Hedriodiscus, the larvae are aquatic.

… Martin Hauser, 21 May, 2006 - 11:13pm

Thanks

Martin. That's a new family for me.

… Steve Scott, 21 May, 2006 - 11:27pm