Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Help with Bombyliid fly

Posted by Sesia on 02-11-2014 10:51
#1

Canada, BC, Penticton, July 2014. Habitat: apple orchard.

Could anyone provide a genus (or even species?) ID for this bee fly? Thanks!

Posted by Sesia on 02-11-2014 10:52
#2

Here is the ventral view:

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 02-11-2014 11:56
#3

Sesia, this should be a Systoechus sp. :) ;) but I don't know american species, sorry :(

Posted by Sesia on 02-11-2014 14:13
#4

Thanks so much for your help! Even genus name is good, as i was struggling with several very similar genera (this being one of them).