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Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Ocyptamus dimidiatus -

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2006
Size: 8 mm

I saw several of these syrphids (I think) taking nectar in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, but this was one of the few that held still, on a cloudy, cool day. Size estimated. Thanks for help with identification--see comments. Note the prominent yellowish halteres.

This photograph was taken during a field trip as part of the 2006 Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission, Texas. This was the odonate trip led by Josh Rose and Bob Behrstock.
Image updated 1 January 2021.
Update 8/1/21...
Posted at iNaturalist:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67437617
edanko suggested an ID
Ocyptamus dimidiatus
Ultramarine Hover Fly - Ocyptamus dimidiatus
Comment: tentatively

Images of this individual: tag all

Ocyptamus dimidiatus - male

Ocyptamus dimidiatus - male

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2006 - 8:28am
Last updated 1 August, 2021 - 5:25pm

Moved

Moved from cylindricus species group. See caption above for reference to an ID on iNaturalist.

… Cotinis, 1 August, 2021 - 5:25pm

Moved

Moved from Ocyptamus dimidiatus.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 October, 2014 - 3:03pm

Moved

Moved from Ocyptamus cylindricus.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 October, 2014 - 2:04pm

Ocyptamus dimidiatus

I looked at determined specimens of Ocyptamus cylindricus and Ocyptamus dimidiatus. This is not Ocyptamus cylindricus which is very similar to Ocyptamus fuscipennis but has a completely metallic abodomen. O. cylindricus is only currently known from Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Isl. This is actually Ocyptamus dimidiatus.

… Kevin Moran, 2 October, 2014 - 11:08am

Moved

Moved from Ocyptamus.

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 January, 2014 - 2:45am

Ocyptamus cylindricus

This is Ocyptamus cylindricus. Note the dark wings and dark scutellem and a short metallic abdomen with a lack of yellow markings.

… Kevin Moran, 8 January, 2014 - 6:49pm

You are right with the fly be

You are right with the fly being a male, but the genus is Ocyptamus. I'm not sure about the species, cause there are some southern species I do not know (and it looks like one of them).

… Martin Hauser, 15 November, 2006 - 11:08am

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