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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus torvus
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Syrphini - Syrphus/Parasyrphus? - Syrphus torvus - female
Copyright © 2013 Kelsey J.R.P. Byers

Syrphini - Syrphus/Parasyrphus? - Syrphus torvus - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
March 23, 2013
Hanging out on some rhododendrons. Straight R4+5, I think (but could be bending up); no black border on abdomen (so not Eupeodes), but a notable groove.
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Contributed by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers on 6 December, 2013 - 9:47pm
Last updated 2 February, 2015 - 9:43am

Moved
Moved from Syrphus or Parasyrphus or Epistrophe or Eupeodes.
… Martin Hauser, 2 February, 2015 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 February, 2015 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Epistrophe, maybe?
I'm not good with these, but always suspect that genus when the lighter stripes have an ivory cast like these do.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 December, 2013 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, I'm kind of a mess when
Yeah, I'm kind of a mess when it comes to the Syrphus/Parasyrphus/Epistrophe group myself - the ivory cast is a good thing to keep in mind!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 7 December, 2013 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

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