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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Victoriana » Victoriana parvicornis
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Order Diptera: Family Syrphridae: Ocyptamus sp.? - Victoriana parvicornis
Copyright © 2014 Susan Leach Snyder

Order Diptera: Family Syrphridae: Ocyptamus sp.? - Victoriana parvicornis
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
January 6, 2014
This fly was hovering and eventually landed on a flower of Smilax auricular (Earleaf Greenbrier/ Catbrier). The fly's appearance and hovering behavior make me think it is Ocyptamus sp. It may be Ocyptamus fuscipennis, but the abdomen doesn't appear to have the very dark bands I have seen on other images. It looks very similar to the BugGuide images for O. parvicornis.

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Order Diptera: Family Syrphridae: Ocyptamus sp.? - Victoriana parvicornis Order Diptera: Family Syrphridae: Ocyptamus sp.? - Victoriana parvicornis
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 6 January, 2014 - 3:41pm
Last updated 6 January, 2014 - 6:37pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

I saw it and went "finally! one of these!" Sounds like we all agree, so moved.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 6 January, 2014 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.

Vote for O. parvicornis.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 January, 2014 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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