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Syrphid Fly - Cheilosia

Syrphid Fly - Cheilosia
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 15, 2013
Size: 8,1mm
Probably Eristalinae, legs completly black and eyes far apart,
Someone could tells genus or species?

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Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

 
Thanks John and Kelsey for yo
Thanks John and Kelsey for your help with this id..

Hmm... these are a few guesse
Hmm... these are a few guesses, but I am not certain of any of them.

I can't quite tell if there are spines on the middle and forefemur, but I see something similar, which would point to Myolepta.

If not, perhaps Cheilosia? (your wing picture was very helpful here!)

Do you know what shape the antennae were/are? I can't see anything besides stubs. Many of these guys have distinct antennae and that would help.

 
Cheilosia looks good
Cheilosia looks good to me.

 
Comfortable moving it to genu
Comfortable moving it to genus, or should we get a third opinion? Without the antennae I'm less comfortable than I'd like to be, but the second opinion is as a result quite valuable to me!

 
No, there are no spine on the
No, there are no spine on the femurs, and unfortunately, the antennae are gone. Are you confident that it is in Eristalinae?

 
Postpronotum haired
The exposed, hairy postpronotum rules out Syrphinae.

 
Gotcha, so not Myolepta. Reg
Gotcha, so not Myolepta. Regarding Eristalinae, I'd say so - it doesn't look like anything in Syrphinae to me, and while I'm not terribly familiar with the Microdontinae, the strong facial tubercule in this fly doesn't fit there.

(you could move it into Eristalinae if you like, though the same set of people are likely to see it here as there)

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