Chalcosyrphus piger

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Chalcosyrphus piger
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Chalcosyrphus
Subgenus: Xylotomima
Species:
C. piger
Binomial name
Chalcosyrphus piger
(Fabricius, 1794) [1]
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Synonyms

Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) piger (Fabricius, 1794), the short-haired leafwalker, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly found throughout North America and Europe. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies, for they are commonly found around and on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae have been identified from sappy hollows from Larix and Pinus. [7] [8]

Distribution

Europe, Canada, United States.(see distribution map) [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Fabricius, Johan Christian (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tome IV. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Wahlberg, P.F. (1839). "Bidrag till Svenska Dipternas kannedom" (PDF). K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. Series 3. 1838: 1–23. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
  5. ↑ Perris, Edouard (1870). "Histoire des Insectes du pin maritime. Diptères". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Série 4. 10: 135–168. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1884). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 22e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2e partie). espèces nouvelles, No 1er". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 315–356. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN   90-5011-199-8.
  8. ↑ Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN   9780691189406.
  9. ↑ Thornhill, Alan; Pennards, Gerard W.A.; Morris, Roger K.A. (2022). "Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 29 (1): 84–86.


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