Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tropidiae, maybe?

Posted by Stephen on 14-06-2010 11:50
#1

Is this one in genus Tropidia?

27 May 2007. Upshur County, West Virginia, USA. Near a woodland stream, elevation about 325 meters.

Thanks for any ID help you can provide!

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 20-06-2010 12:12
#2

Nope, not Tropidia.
It's a male Xylota or Chalcosyrphus, and I guess it would be Chalcosyrphus sp., but that's not for sure!
Greetings