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americanus/pomus group (Eupeodes americanus/pomus group)
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Seth Ausubel
Hover Fly -
Eupeodes
Oyster Bay/Planting Fields Arboretum, Nassau County, New York, USA
September 1, 2013
Epistrophes or Eupiodes?
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Contributed by
Seth Ausubel
on 1 September, 2013 - 8:44pm
Last updated 23 October, 2019 - 5:06pm
Moved
Moved from
American Hover Fly
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
, 23 October, 2019 - 5:06pm
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Moved
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Martin Hauser
, 9 December, 2016 - 11:23pm
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Martin Hauser
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John S. Ascher
, 30 September, 2014 - 11:42am
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Tribe Syrphini covers both candidates.
I lean towards Epistrophe on this one, not Eupeodes. (Note spelling on both.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 2 September, 2013 - 3:35pm
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Epistrophe has the yellow spo
Epistrophe has the yellow spots reaching wing margin Ron, and the abdomen is rolled without a flattned ridge at sides like this.
Ridge: markings not reaching side margins, totally black hairs from basal half of tergite 2 to tergite 5 ........ Eupeodes I would say.
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