Syrphus vitripennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Syrphus |
Species: | S. vitripennis
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Binomial name | |
Syrphus vitripennis
Meigen, 1822
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Syrphus vitripennis is a very common European and North American species of hoverfly. Its larvae feed on aphids [1]
For terms see
Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7·25-10·25 mm. Frons above lunulae black. Tergites 3 and 4 with entire yellow bands and lateral margin of tergites black. Male: femora 3 black for basal three-quarters. Female: femora 3 black on basal two-thirds. The male genitalia and the larva are figured by Dusek and Laska (1964).
[2] See references for
determination.
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[6]
Palearctic throughout. Nearctic Alaska to California. [7] [8] [9] Migratory.
Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous woodland and anthropophilic, occurring along field hedges, in suburban gardens and parks. [10] Flies March to October.
Syrphus vitripennis | |
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Male | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Syrphus |
Species: | S. vitripennis
|
Binomial name | |
Syrphus vitripennis
Meigen, 1822
|
Syrphus vitripennis is a very common European and North American species of hoverfly. Its larvae feed on aphids [1]
For terms see
Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 7·25-10·25 mm. Frons above lunulae black. Tergites 3 and 4 with entire yellow bands and lateral margin of tergites black. Male: femora 3 black for basal three-quarters. Female: femora 3 black on basal two-thirds. The male genitalia and the larva are figured by Dusek and Laska (1964).
[2] See references for
determination.
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
Palearctic throughout. Nearctic Alaska to California. [7] [8] [9] Migratory.
Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous woodland and anthropophilic, occurring along field hedges, in suburban gardens and parks. [10] Flies March to October.