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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » americanus/pomus group (Eupeodes americanus/pomus group)
Photo#99829
spring syrphid - Eupeodes - female
Copyright © 2007 edward trammel

spring syrphid - Eupeodes - Female
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
March 25, 2006
Size: ~10-12mm
maybe Eupeodes?

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spring syrphid - Eupeodes - female spring syrphid - Eupeodes - female
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Contributed by edward trammel on 26 March, 2007 - 11:18pm
Last updated 12 December, 2016 - 10:27am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus.
… Martin Hauser, 12 December, 2016 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupeodes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 10 December, 2015 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Subgenus-Metasyrphus
Subgenus-Metasyrphus
… Bill Dean, 8 December, 2015 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… edward trammel, 9 April, 2007 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

Eupeodes
Would be the idea with this one, it has a bit of a shiny thorax, and the abdomen has a margin which Syrphus doesn't have.
So that would make this one a female Eupeodes sp.
… Gerard Pennards, 8 April, 2007 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Eupeodes
thank you very much Gerard, the voice of reason comes through again.
… edward trammel, 9 April, 2007 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

Is this right?
It seems that the ongoing question is whether a fly is Eupeodes or Syrphus. The answer is often "Don't know", and the fly winds up at the tribe level (Syrphini).

Edward, please check these two posts and see if they help clarify the issue:

(I'm in a bit over my head on the second one.)
… Ron Hemberger, 27 March, 2007 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

 
hover
well, i was thinking Syrphus or Eupeodes, i just happened to lean toward the latter, however, i really do not know and was hoping one of the Syrphid guys could clear it up... i will probably just move it to tribe later with the rest of the dont knows.

thank you for the information though, i had not seen Richard's photo, or had not taken the time to read it... one of the two.
… edward trammel, 27 March, 2007 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

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