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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus rectus
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Syrphus ? - Syrphus rectus - female
Copyright © 2014 John Rosenfeld

Syrphus ? - Syrphus rectus - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 24, 2014
Looks a lot like the Syrphus torvus that I posted earlier but there are some differences.

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 April, 2014 - 10:51pm
Last updated 1 April, 2019 - 7:32am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Syrphus ribesii.

Thanks Bill
… John Rosenfeld, 1 April, 2019 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

Syrphus ribesii female has th
Syrphus ribesii female has the hind femora totally orange/yellow and no obvious black on hind tibia. The yellow markings broadly overlap sides of tergites. I think this is Syrphus rectus .... female.
… Bill Dean, 1 April, 2019 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 25 April, 2014 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Wing looks ~entirely trichose
Wing looks ~entirely trichose. No hairs on the eyes, and tergite margins are not entirely yellow but follow the stripe pattern, so this is Syrphus ribesii. Nice shots!

(FWIW, if you want definitive confirmation for yourself as to whether it's Syrphus, check the dorsal surface of the lower calypter for hairs.)
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 25 April, 2014 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kelsey
As always I appreciate the diagnostics and thanks for the link.
… John Rosenfeld, 25 April, 2014 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

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