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 Melanostoma sp. or Platycheirus sp. ?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-09-2006 00:26
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This was not a good day for the poor Syrphid, who crossed paths with a Jumping Spider. Looking at Internet pictures, my best effort at determining the genus of this fly was either Melanostoma or Platycheirus. ID help would be appreciated. I found these two along the bank of a stream, in an area with woods and meadows both. West Virginia USA, 9 May 2005. Length not recorded. Stephen attached the following image:  [128.74Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| conopid |
Posted on 19-09-2006 09:24
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Hi I don't think it is Melanostoma or Platycheirus as it appears to have a yellow scutellum (all Bachinae have black scutellums). It is one of teh Syrphinae, but I can't suggest any better than that as I only know the UK fauna. Cheers Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-09-2006 09:53
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thanks for your help, Nigel. I'm adding one more photo, from a slightly different angle, that shows a wing better, and better shows the center of the dorsal surface of the abdomen.
Stephen attached the following image:  [74.4Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Gisela Merkel-Wallner |
Posted on 19-09-2006 22:03
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Member Location: Germany, Bavaria, Oberpfalz Posts: 47 Joined: 05.07.05 |
Hello, for me it looks like a kind of Parasyrphus sp. Gisela |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 20-09-2006 17:17
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thanks very much, Gisela!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| conopid |
Posted on 20-09-2006 18:58
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Yes I would go with Parasyrphus or Melangyna if in Europe. Don't know whar else you get in N America?
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 20-09-2006 22:32
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hmmm, Well, if you ask me I would vote for one of the American Syrphus species! Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 21-09-2006 12:49
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Nearctic genera of subfamily Syrphinae are: Paragus, Toxomerus, Baccha, Xanthandrus, Melanostoma, Platycheirus, Chrysotoxum, Syrphus, Epistrophe, Eupeodes, Ocyptamus, Pseudodoros, Allograpta, Sphaerophoria. This is from Arnett, American Insects, 2000.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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