Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID help needed

Posted by gary thompson on 15-02-2009 18:46
#1
Photo taken 5/24/08 in Lebanon, Ct. USA

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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-02-2009 20:27
#2
Syrphidae.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 15-02-2009 20:51
#3
Indeed, and the genus is Xylota.
Could be Xylota vecors, but I don't know if there are more lookalikes!
Greetings
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 15-02-2009 20:52

Posted by gary thompson on 15-02-2009 21:38
#4
Thanks Jorge and Gerard for the ID.

Posted by Wouter van Steenis on 28-02-2009 23:08
#5
This is a male of Xylota or Chalcosyrphus. Not Xylota vecors (nowadays Chalcosyrphus vecors), that is a black species with red legs (like European C. femoratus). Unfortunately I do not know any species of Xylota/Chalcosyrphus with such a clear pattern on the fourth abdominal segment.

Wouter