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True flies (Diptera)
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Sighting 3366429

Melangyna viridiceps

Hover fly at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Melangyna viridiceps at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 21 Nov 2016 10:41 AM
Melangyna viridiceps at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 21 Nov 2016 10:41 AM
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Identification history

Melangyna viridiceps 27 Dec 2016 DaveFerg
Melangyna viridiceps 27 Dec 2016 KimPullen
Simosyrphus grandicornis 2 Dec 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 22 Nov 2016 JohnBundock

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3 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   28 Dec 2016
More likely to be M. viridiceps. S. grandicornis has yellow markings on the side of the thorax, and more extensive (although variable) yellow markings on the top (dorsal surface) of the abdomen.
KimPullen wrote:
   28 Dec 2016
That was quick, Dave!
DaveFerg wrote:
   28 Dec 2016
Yes, agree with those characters ... that yellow shoulder 'horn' hence 'cornis' in the name is conspicuous.

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