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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Microdontinae » Rhopalosyrphus » Rhopalosyrphus guentherii
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Syrphid? - Rhopalosyrphus guentherii
Copyright © 2011 John Schneider

Syrphid? - Rhopalosyrphus guentherii
Jackson County, Texas, USA
June 29, 2011
Size: 10 mm?
at UV light.

Edit: First BG image for this species.

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Contributed by John Schneider on 1 July, 2011 - 12:02am
Last updated 22 May, 2017 - 8:14am

more photos
I have uploaded the rest of my photos (2), in case they are of interest. Thanks, all, for the ID and info!
… John Schneider, 1 July, 2011 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhopalosyrphus carolae.
… Keith Bayless, 1 July, 2011 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

These things are very rarely
These things are very rarely collected.... Great find!
… Martin Hauser, 1 July, 2011 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome addition!
thanks all
… v belov, 1 July, 2011 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

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… Keith Bayless, 1 July, 2011 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. I was wrong with Lepidomyia micheneri. The spur on R4+5 was bothering me. I am keying it out to Rhopalosyrphus carolae, using the MND(1). This genus is found in the South and into the tropics, and this is the only species in the genus in the Southwest, another is in Florida. It's based on the elongate aristate antennae, venation, the tuberculate face, etc. I'll delete the pages if a syrphid expert says I'm crazy.

Ceriines tend to have stylate, not aristate, antennae. Again, bigger syrphid buffs might tell me I'm wrong.

Sorry for all the edits on this comment. LAST EDIT: this species has been synonymized with R. guentherii
… Keith Bayless, 1 July, 2011 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

wow. what an odd thing.
something in the Ceriini? will be impatiently awaiting expert input
… v belov, 1 July, 2011 - 2:07am login or register to post comments

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