Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
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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
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)