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 Unusual (to me) Canadian Syrphid
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| Tony T |
Posted on 15-05-2007 22:54
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
14 May 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 11mm. Can anyone place it into a Genus or hopefully a species?
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| conopid |
Posted on 15-05-2007 22:59
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
What a beauty! Can't really help you, but the head profile reminds me of European Criorhina.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 15-05-2007 23:51
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks Nigel, a place for me to start. I checked a NA reference and we have 14 spp. of Criohina. These are described as having long hairs and mimicking bumblebees - so doesn't fit. |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 16-05-2007 00:09
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
It does look more than a little like the male of the very rare syrphid Chalcosyrphus jacobsoni. But your specimen is a female. So I guess it is one of the nearctic xylotine syrphids.
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| Tony T |
Posted on 16-05-2007 02:46
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks Kahis, another place for me to look. I found quite a few images on North American Xylotine syrphids including Chalcosyrphus spp., but nothing looked close to this specimen. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-05-2007 10:31
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
To me it looks closer to Ferdinandea cuprea - I'll upload a photo to the gallery in a few minutes. PS: Sorry, just realised I can upload it here too 
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| Kahis |
Posted on 16-05-2007 11:23
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
For comparison, here's a quick & dirty photo of a female jacobsoni. As you see, it is close, but not quite the same species. C. jacobsoni males have glossy spots and stripes like your fly.
Kahis attached the following image:  [53.82Kb] Edited by Kahis on 16-05-2007 11:27 Kahis |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 16-05-2007 20:17
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: To me it looks closer to Ferdinandea cuprea - I'll upload a photo to the gallery in a few minutes. PS: Sorry, just realised I can upload it here too We have 1 sp. in NA F. buccata that has many synonyms and apparently is a very variable species. The images I have seen of it are not quite right for my specimen. I have asked a NA expert to look at the images - hope he replies. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 16-05-2007 20:19
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Kahis wrote: For comparison, here's a quick & dirty photo of a female jacobsoni. As you see, it is close, but not quite the same species. C. jacobsoni males have glossy spots and stripes like your fly. Certainly looks like the same genus. Please see my comment above to Chris. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 18-05-2007 01:10
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks everyone for your help. I just heard back from the Syrphid specialist at the Canadian National Collection, he says it is most likely a Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) sp. but he did not recognize the species. Now identified as Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) metallifera, an early Spring species Edited by Tony T on 18-05-2007 16:34 |
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