Sericomyia (Pond flies)

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Sericomyia chalcopyga. Photo: (c) M. Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Sericomyia is a genus of large Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.

Species: Sericomyia chalcopyga (Western pond fly)