Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

Sphaerophoria sulphuripes, the forked globetail, is a species of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae native to Western North America.^[1][2]

Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
Forked Globetail flies (Sphaerophoria sulphuripes) mating
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Sphaerophoria
Species:	S. sulphuripes
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes (Thomson, 1869)
Synonyms
Syrphus sulphuripes Thomson, 1869 Syrphus infumatus Thomson, 1869 Sphaerophoria dubia Bigot, 1884 Sphaerophoria melanosa Williston, 1887