| Toxomerus occidentalis | |
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| Toxomerus occidentalis female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Toxomerus |
| Species: | T. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Toxomerus occidentalis Curran, 1922 | |
Toxomerus occidentalis, is a species of flower fly found in western North America from British Columbia south to California, Colorado and Texas. [1]
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