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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Microdontinae » Microdon » subgenus Chymophila (Microdon subgenus Chymophila) » Microdon fulgens
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What is this fly? - Microdon fulgens
Copyright © 2011 Robin Zurovec

What is this fly? - Microdon fulgens
Mission/National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
August 29, 2011
Size: +/- 1/2"
Took this gorgeous fly while at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX. The butterfly park is an open air park that is located right on the US/Mexico border. They do not release captive species in the park.
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Contributed by Robin Zurovec on 12 September, 2011 - 9:03pm
Last updated 13 September, 2011 - 10:06am

Does he know any of the other Microdon?
We have seven identified to species, but 75 stuck on the genus page.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Microdon.
… Martin Hauser, 13 September, 2011 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

This is what Menno Reemer ema
This is what Menno Reemer emailed me:
In N-America all Microdons looking like this are called M. fulgens Wiedemann. I suspect it's a species complex (for which a few names are already available), but that should be worked out carefully.
They belong to the subgenus Chymophila, which is recognizable by the shape of vein M1 (with outward angle, anteriorly recurrent).
… Martin Hauser, 13 September, 2011 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 13 September, 2011 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Wild guess alert...
Maybe something in/near Microdon?



The experts will let you know if I'm anywhere close. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 September, 2011 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Very close. It is a Microdon,
Very close. It is a Microdon, and I have seen these big metallic ones from AZ and NM, I just informed some specialists of this group, so we might get a species name soon...
… Martin Hauser, 13 September, 2011 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Wild guess alert
I think you are on to something. Looked under Microdons and cannot find anything with this coloring. Hopefully someone can tell me more. Thanks so much!
… Robin Zurovec, 12 September, 2011 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

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