nealevenhuis's Identifications

Mes de las moscas de la familia Bombyliidae: Abril 2023.
Mosca de la subfamilia Bombyliinae (Número: 23), perteneciente al género Sericosoma, libando flores del ( Haplopappus velutinuss ).
Interrelación Floral: Sericosoma sp. - ( Haplopappus velutinus ) .

I expected this to be one of the Lepidophora bee flies when I first saw it, but quickly realized the abdomen was completely different. It looks superficially like Toxophora amphitea, but there are no iNaturalist observations for that species in Missouri. I have a lot of additional images if a particular view would help.

The photos all seem to show a pale yellowish cast on the posterior dorsal abdomen, but in the field I thought it looked closer to whitish. I suspect the camera picked up reflected light from all the Rudbeckia, but maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me.

Pipunculidae g. sp.
Nicaragua: Granada: Volcán Mombacho: Finca San Joaquín, alt. 650 m, 11.825672, -85.988872, trampa malaise en café bajo cultivo orgánico, 30-IV-1998, col. Jean-Michel Maes (1 ej. en col. MEL) Sy-96