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Species Palpada undescribed-species-near-furcata - undescribed sp. 1

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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 Eristalini
Subtribe Eristalina
Genus Palpada
Species undescribed-species-near-furcata (undescribed sp. 1)
Other Common Names
Northern Striped Plushback (1)
Explanation of Names
Palpada furcata (Wiedemann 1819)
"Undescribed species 1", Skevington et al., 2019
Size
8-11 mm (1)
Range
P. furcata is tropical, but this related species is only present in the Eastern United States and possibly the Carribean area.
Remarks
This page is for observations of the possibly undescribed species near Palpada furcata (1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
Jeffrey H. Skevington and Michelle M. Locke, Andrew D. Young, Kevin Moran, William J. Crins and Stephen A. Marshall. 2019. Princeton University Press.