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Species Helophilus obscurus

Syrphid at home in New Brunswick - Helophilus obscurus - female

H obscurus or other? - Helophilus obscurus

Syrphidae - Helophilus obscurus - female

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.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 December, 2011 - 6:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2014 - 11:10am

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