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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Platycheirus
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Which Hoverfly is this? - Platycheirus
Copyright © 2013 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

Which Hoverfly is this? - Platycheirus
Hoonah, Alaska, USA
July 23, 2013

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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 9 August, 2013 - 12:19am
Last updated 11 November, 2014 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Platycheirus or Melanostoma.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 11 November, 2014 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

Male Melanostoma have quadrate abdominal markings like Platycheirus, and can be hard to tell apart from that genus. These two genera can be difficult to tell apart; hopefully someone will take the plunge! Moving them out of Syrphidae to clarify the ID situation.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 7 January, 2014 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

 
This is Platycheirus.
The front tibia and tarsi are clearly expanded - Platycheirus.
… Bill Dean, 11 November, 2014 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Platycheirus or perhaps Melan
Platycheirus or perhaps Melanostoma mellinum?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 30 November, 2013 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 August, 2013 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

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