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Parent Taxon

• Sphaerophoria

Sibling Taxa

• Loveridgeana
• Sphaerophoria abbreviata
• Sphaerophoria asymmetrica
• Sphaerophoria bankowskae
• Sphaerophoria batava
• Sphaerophoria bengalensis
• Sphaerophoria bifasciata
• Sphaerophoria bifurcata
• Sphaerophoria boreoalpina
• Sphaerophoria brevipilosa
• Sphaerophoria chongjini
• Sphaerophoria cleoae
• Sphaerophoria contigua
• Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis
• Sphaerophoria fatarum
• Sphaerophoria indiana
• Sphaerophoria interrupta
• Sphaerophoria laurae
• Sphaerophoria loewi
• Sphaerophoria longipilosa
• Sphaerophoria macrogaster
• Sphaerophoria menthastri
• Sphaerophoria nigra
• Sphaerophoria novaeangliae
• Sphaerophoria philanthus
• Sphaerophoria potentillae
• Sphaerophoria pyrrhina
• Sphaerophoria qinbaensis
• Sphaerophoria quadrituberculata
• Sphaerophoria retrocurva
• Sphaerophoria rueppellii
• Sphaerophoria scripta
• Sphaerophoria shirchan
• Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
• Sphaerophoria taeniata
• Sphaerophoria virgata
• Sphaerophoria vockerothi
• Sphaerophoria weemsi

Top Observation Places

• Vallejo
• Silver Spring
• Belmont Cragin
• Portage Park
• Skokie
• Oak Park
• Chinatown
• Park Slope
• East Village
• Waterfront Communities-The Island
• Arlington
• Boston
• Cambridge
• Newton
• Somerville
• Waltham
• Malden
• Brookline
• Medford
• Revere