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Thick-legged Hoverfly (Male)

Syritta orientalis

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Field Notes

Description:

Syritta orientalis Macquart, 1842, a thick-legged hoverfly, distributed in India, Australia (NT, Qld), Hawaiian Is, Indonesia (Maluku), Micronesia, widespread in Oriental Region.

Family Syrphidae, Subfamily Eristalinae, Tribe Milesiini, Subtribe Tropidiina.

Habitat:

Backyard garden, spotted on White Angel or Snowflake Flowers (Wrightia antidysenterica).

Notes:

Reference:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Syritta+orientalis&guide=Syrp…
http://ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/bitstream/10232/16884/1/AN1013531X_v30_p27-…
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=50192
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/iom13-5syrph.pdf
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/syrphidae.html

Reference Links:

Diptera.info - Photo Albums: Syritta orientalis (male) (1)

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PublishedJuly 18, 2013

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