Flower Fly

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haylo

Lion

Photos and info here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/9099 Posted 9 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I'm not convinced about this one, a few characters don't match: the legs are black instead of yellow and the yellow patches between the wings and the scutellum are missing.
  http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_Syrphidae_Transverse.htm Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. haylo
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks Wildflower, I was so focused on matching the abdominal pattern I missed the leg colouration. Should the species Id be removed? I don't have high hopes for finding a better match. Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. WildFlower
      
      Lion
      
      According to these records Eristalis transversa is only found in North America. It is most likely not the correct species and the ID should be removed.
      http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=48293
      http://www.gbif.org/species/110026405
      http://www.americaninsects.net/f/eristalis-transversa.html
      
      I have another candidate - the genus Palpada, but there are many species and there may not be reliable photos for many of them if it is possible to identify them from a photo at all.
      http://www.americaninsects.net/f/palpada-sp.html
      http://zipcodezoo.com/index.php/Palpada
      
      Palpada Macquart, 1834 is a large genus of tropical Eristaliini ﬂies with distribution restricted to the NewWorld (Diptera:Syrphidae:Eristalinae). Most species were initially placed within Eristalis Latreille, 1804. In 1972, most Neotropical species were transferred to Palpada when F.C. Thompson divided Eristalis sensu lato into three genera: Eristalis, Eoseristalis Kanervo, 1938 and Palpada. The latter genus was divided by Thompson (1981) into three groups of species: scutellaris,
      agrorum and vinetorum.
      http://www.academia.edu/1866428/Cladistic_analysis_and_taxonomic_revision_of_the_scutellaris_group_of_Palpada_Macquart_Diptera_Syrphidae_ Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago

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