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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF NORTH AMERICAN SYRPHIDÆ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. D. Hunter
Affiliation:
Ass't in Entomology, Univ.of Nebraska.

Extract

Male.—Eyes contiguous for about two thirds their width above, densely long, white pilose, with a sharply defined vertical black band about one-fifth their width; above, the two bands are confluent. Occiput shining olivaceous, white pilose. Ocellar area with a tuft of ferrugineous pile. Spot above the antennæ bare, shining black. Face shining black, except the tip of the indistinct tubercle, which is opaque; covered, except an indistinct median stripe, and more densely below, with abundant long light yellowish pile; very indistinctly concave below the antenné. Cheeks shining olivaceous, except ati anterior velvety cross-band and an indistinct spot below the lowest margin of the eyes; long yellow pilose. Palpi clavate, testaceous at base, apical half black.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1896

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