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Small Slander Hover Fly
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White-banded Slender Hover Fly - Betasyrphus serarius

Family Syrphidae

This page contains pictures and information about White-banded Slender Hover Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 10mm
 
This Hover Fly has dense gray hairs on face. On eyes there are also covered with fine hairs. The thorax is dark grey in colour with paler colour scutellum. Abdomen is banded with black and white colours.
 
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This Hover Fly could be mimicking the Bees in family Megachilidae. We found this fly in Anstead Forest on Sep 2012. 
 
Reference:
1. Allobaccha sp. - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.
2. Genus Allobaccha Curran, 1928 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
3. Genus Allobaccha - Flower Flies (Syrphidae), LIFEDESK COMMUNITY. 
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Last updated: February 02, 2013.