Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hairy-eyed Syrphidae 2013-V-16 (= Heringia)

Posted by John Carr on 16-05-2013 19:53
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Massachusetts, USA May 16, 2013. It perched under a twig and did not permit a dorsal shot.
Edited by John Carr on 16-05-2013 21:20

Posted by John Carr on 16-05-2013 19:53
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Another

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 16-05-2013 20:42
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It looks like a female Heringia sp. to me

Posted by John Carr on 16-05-2013 21:26
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Gerard Pennards wrote:
It looks like a female Heringia sp. to me


According to Manual of Nearctic Diptera the only difference between female Heringia and Pipiza is some hairs on the katepimeron. I don't see any hairs but I am not entirely sure where the katepimeron is on this fly.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 17-05-2013 22:48
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Yes, so true, so in general unidentifiable from a picture. In this case I had the 'Jizz' feeling from my European knowledge! ;-))