Haematopota obscura Loew, 1858 - Identification

Thorax blackish with indistinct pale lines on the anterior half. Scutellum almost wholly dark. Abdomen blackish, hind borders of segments white, white spots on the third and subsequent segments. Antennae deep black, reddish at the baseof the third joint; first joint distinctly inerassate. Hind tibiae with two rings of light colour.

Original description by Loew:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/66/mode/1up

Illustration of wing:

Usher (1972) treated both H. obscura and H. spectabilis as H. ocellata and hypothesised synonomy without formalising it.

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158553003

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