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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Merodontini » Eumerus
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Fly - Eumerus
Copyright © 2014 Bill Johnson

Fly - Eumerus
Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
October 14, 2013
Any ID for this fly? Thanks.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 2 January, 2014 - 12:00pm
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 2:20am

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 2:20am login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 4 January, 2014 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

Eristalinae
Eristalinae
… John F. Carr, 2 January, 2014 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Eumerus, I think.


There are a couple of others that are similar.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 January, 2014 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Ron's got it - check out the
Ron's got it - check out the wing veination in the pictures here - they match what I can see of your fly's wings perfectly!

Unfortunately, the current key to this genus (only 3 species in our area) doesn't seem to be available (Latta, R. and Cole, F.R. 1933. A comparative study of the species of Eumerus known as the lesser bulb flies. Monthly Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture, 22: 142-152.), so I can't get you any further.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 5 January, 2014 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

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