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Species Helophilus obscurus

Helophilus - Helophilus obscurus - female Possible H obscurus - Helophilus obscurus - female H obscurus or other? - Helophilus obscurus Female? - Helophilus obscurus - female Syrphidae - Helophilus obscurus - female Bee-like Fly - Helophilus obscurus Bee-like Fly - Helophilus obscurus Helophilus? - Helophilus obscurus
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 Helophilina
Genus Helophilus
Species obscurus (Helophilus obscurus)
Explanation of Names
Helophilus obscurus Loew 1863
Range
Alaska, most of Canada (but not southern Ontario(1)), south to Colorado and New York (presumably at high elevation)(2)
Works Cited
1.Syrphidae of Ontario
2.A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.