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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Palpada » Palpada vinetorum
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Flower fly ? - Palpada vinetorum
Copyright © 2013 Cliff Ivy

Flower fly ? - Palpada vinetorum
Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
August 29, 2013
Bee like fly on Autumn Clematis.

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Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 29 August, 2013 - 10:14am
Last updated 8 January, 2014 - 10:04pm

Moved
Moved from Palpada.
… Cliff Ivy, 8 January, 2014 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

This is Palpada vinetorum. It
This is Palpada vinetorum. It has the distinctive microtrichiration on the wings along with the transverse stripes.
… Kevin Moran, 8 January, 2014 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 22 October, 2013 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Yes, syrphid. Color seems very unusual.
Were I to guess, I'd go with Eristalis transversa, but most of the flies with three lateral stripes on the thorax like this one turn out to be Palpada sp. (Subtribe Eristalina covers both possibilities.)
… Ron Hemberger, 30 August, 2013 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 August, 2013 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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