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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus)
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Syrphid Fly? - Eupeodes
Copyright © 2004 Lew Scharpf

Syrphid Fly? - Eupeodes
Auburn, Alabama, USA
November 8, 2004
My guess is that this is in Family Syrphidae but need a little help. This specimen was one of several on Camellia flowers this afternoon.
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 9 November, 2004 - 8:23pm
Last updated 10 December, 2015 - 11:04am

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 December, 2015 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Subgenus-Metasyrphus
Subgenus-Metasyrphus
… Bill Dean, 8 December, 2015 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
Confirmed by Ron Hemberger.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 June, 2010 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

Syrphid
Hello Lew,
Sorry for the late comment! :-))
Yes, it is a female Syrphid from the subfamily Syrphini, and I think it will be found in the genus Melangyna or Eupeodes (formerly known as Metasyrphus).
Unfortunately I don't know the Syrphid fauna from the USA so well, so this is all I can give you for now!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 14 February, 2005 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid
Thanks Gerard for your comments. They are very helpful.
… Lew Scharpf, 14 February, 2005 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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