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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Muscidae » Coenosiinae » Coenosiini » Tiger Flies (Coenosia)
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Tiger Fly? - Coenosia
Copyright © 2011 cindykeiser

Tiger Fly? - Coenosia
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
December 20, 2011
This fly had horizontal stripes on abdomen and vertical stripes on thorax. It was spotted on a Trumpet's Flower tree leaf.

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Tiger Fly? - Coenosia Tiger Fly? - Coenosia
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Contributed by cindykeiser on 21 December, 2011 - 12:41pm
Last updated 31 January, 2014 - 10:01am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 December, 2011 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

yes, it is a Coenosia....
yes, it is a Coenosia....
… Martin Hauser, 21 December, 2011 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Hi Martin, based on the location and the solid stripes, is there another species option other than C. humilis?
… cindykeiser, 22 December, 2011 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
According to Huckett 1975 (Th
According to Huckett 1975 (The Muscidae of California)(download here: http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis18.pdf), there are only tigrina and humilis, and with the black legs it should be humilis. I have no idea if there are more species, because this is not my group, but all the evidence so far points to humilis...
… Martin Hauser, 22 December, 2011 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks so much for the .pdf and opinion on species!
… cindykeiser, 22 December, 2011 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Anytime.... I like your fly p
Anytime.... I like your fly pics, and I hope you are taking more Syrphid pictures in your area... I am very interested in the SYrphid fauna of California - there is a lot to discover...
Cheers
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 22 December, 2011 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Pictures
Thank you! I love Syrphid flies! I have some on my website and started a mission that documents all organisms in So-Cal that of course, includes Syrphid flies http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7964554
… cindykeiser, 22 December, 2011 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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