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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Stratiomyinae » Stratiomyini » Hedriodiscus » Hedriodiscus vertebratus
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green-tailed fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - male
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

green-tailed fly - Hedriodiscus vertebratus - Male
Skunk's Misery, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 2, 2006
Size: 7-8 mm
in marshy area beside road; anyone recognize this?
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 July, 2006 - 8:03pm
Last updated 29 April, 2018 - 9:40am

Moved
Moved from Hedriodiscus.
… v belov, 15 April, 2009 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

Hedriodiscus vertebratus
Hedriodiscus vertebratus
… Norm Woodley, 15 April, 2009 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID, Norm.
… Robin McLeod, 15 April, 2009 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Soldier Fly
If the mid-dorsal area of the abdomen is dark, it might be Hedriodiscus dorsalis.
… Jackie, 4 July, 2006 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jackie
I'd be happy just to get it to genus, and based on comments on other photos in the Guide, I think it's possible: other images showing extensive green on the abdomen have been IDed as Hedriodiscus here and here - and as Odontomyia here and here.

In the first link above, Martin Hauser mentions a wing characteristic for separating Odonotomyia from another genus, as does Paul Beuk in the second link above. But also in the second link, Norm Woodley comments: "Odontomyia that look similar to this have a black scutellum." A black scutellum is obvious in the 3rd and 4th links above, which have been IDed as Odontomyia, but the scutellum in the 1st and 2nd links (and in my photo) is not completely black, so I think Hedriodiscus is probably the better choice here ...which is the genus you said in the first place ;)

Image moved from Stratiomyidae page to Hedriodiscus page for now.
… Robin McLeod, 7 July, 2006 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

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