Criorhina portschinskyi

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Criorhina portschinskyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Criorhinina
Genus: Criorhina
Species:
C. portschinskyi
Binomial name
Criorhina portschinskyi
(Stackelberg, 1955) [1]
Synonyms

Criorhina portschinskyi is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae, belonging to the subtribe Criorhinina within the tribe Milesiini. [1] Like other members of the genus Criorhina , it is a bumblebee mimic. [2]

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Description

Criorhina portschinskyi is a medium to large sized hoverfly. Like other Criorhina species, it is a large, hairy bee mimic characterized by a face strongly extended downwards and an oblique anterior cross vein (r-m) reaching the anterior margin of the discal cell in the distal half. [2] [3] The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax, with antennae situated upon a prominent conical frontal process. The eyes are bare and the abdomen is elliptical. [3]

Biology

Adults are typically found flying near white spring flowers in woodlands and shrubs during May. [2] [4] Like other members of the genus, the larvae are saproxylic and develop in rot holes or decaying hardwoods. [3]

Distribution

Criorhina portschinskyi is found in the Transcaucasia and Northern Caucasus regions. [5] It has been recorded from:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stackelberg, A.A. (1955). "Palearkticheskie vidy roda Penthesilea Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 34: 340–349.
  2. 1 2 3 4 van Steenis, J.; Gharali, B. (2015). "The first record of the genus Criorhina Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Iran, with a key to the West-Palaearctic species". Studia Dipterologica. 22 (1): 123–129.
  3. 1 2 3 Moran, Kevin M.; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2022). "A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (1): 120–135. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab014.
  4. ↑ Li, H.; Huo, K.-K.; Li, B.-G. (2020). "A new species of the flower fly genus Criorhina Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from mainland China". Zootaxa. 4803 (1): 169–176. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.9.
  5. 1 2 Bot, Sander; Van de Meutter, Frank; Mengual, Ximo (2020). "Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia". ZooKeys. 916: 1–123. doi:10.3897/zookeys.916.47498. PMC   7062849 . PMID   32256145.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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