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Identification

Dull yellow frons with pair of large brown to black spots above antennae (in both sexes), scutellum with many black hairs, tergites 2- 4 with pair of yellow spots well separated from lateral margins, spots on 3 and 4 slightly oblique and slightly concave anteriorly (Vockeroth 1992). Length: 9.7-13.0 mm (Vockeroth 1992)

Biology

Eupeodes perplexus feeds on several species of aphids (Heiss, 1938).

Distribution

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Alaska, Canada, South to Oregon, New Mexico, and Mississippi (Vockeroth 1992).

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Neoptera Order Diptera Suborder Brachycera Infraorder Muscomorpha Family Syrphidae Subfamily Syrphinae Tribe Syrphini Genus Eupeodes Species Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)

Synonym(s)

Syrphus meadii Jones, 1917
Syrphus perplexus Osburn, 1910

Common name(s)


No common name