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20 Records
Status
Uncommon. Flies mostly late April through October in Maryland.
Description
Identifiable with care from photos. Similar to Toxomerus marginatus and Toxomerus geminatus. Can be distinguished from the latter by the lack of a thick black border on the posterior margin of tergite 3.
Relationships
Larvae feed on aphids.
Seasonality Snapshot
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A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2014). Determined by Martin Hauser/BugGuide.
Media by
Bill Hubick.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/3/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Frode Jacobsen.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/30/2021). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Pamela Cowart-Rickman.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2022). (c) Katie Woods, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Katie Woods via iNaturalist.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved.
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Jane Hartman.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved.
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Jane Hartman.
A Thin-lined Calligrapher in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved.
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Jane Hartman.
Source: Wikipedia
Toxomerus boscii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
Tribe: | Syrphini |
Genus: | Toxomerus |
Species: | T. boscii
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Binomial name | |
Toxomerus boscii Macquart, 1842
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Toxomerus boscii is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Syrphid_Fly_%28Toxomerus_sp.%29_%288407181051%29.jpg/220px-Syrphid_Fly_%28Toxomerus_sp.%29_%288407181051%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Syrphid_Fly_-_Toxomerus_boscii%2C_Okaloacoochee_Slough_State_Forest%2C_Felda%2C_Florida.jpg/220px-Syrphid_Fly_-_Toxomerus_boscii%2C_Okaloacoochee_Slough_State_Forest%2C_Felda%2C_Florida.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Toxomerus boscii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Toxomerus boscii". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Toxomerus boscii species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
External links
[edit]Media related to Toxomerus boscii at Wikimedia Commons