| Eupeodes fumipennis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Eupeodes |
| Species: | E. fumipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupeodes fumipennis (Thomson, 1869) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Eupeodes fumipennis is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. [1] [2] [3]
The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.
Eupeodes is a genus of hoverfly.
Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly. Adults are 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control, and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations. They were found to be partial to the fruit, eating more fruit than aphids.
Hierodula fumipennis is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae.
Ferdinandea is a genus of syrphid flies or hoverflies in the family Syrphidae. There are about 16 described species in Ferdinandea.
Cerceris fumipennis, the only species of buprestid-hunting Crabronidae occurring in eastern North America, is found throughout the continental United States east of the Rockies: from Texas and Florida north to Maine, Wyoming, and into Canada. The wasps most often nest in open areas of hard-packed sandy soil surrounded by woody habitat suitable for their buprestid beetle prey.
The Syrphini are a tribe of hoverflies.
Tabanus fumipennis is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
Eupeodes snowi is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Gynaikothrips is a genus of tube-tailed thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. There are more than 30 described species in Gynaikothrips.
Glabellula is a genus of micro bee flies in the family Mythicomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Glabellula.
Lasiopogon fumipennis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Heteromeringia is a genus of flies in the family Clusiidae. There are more than 70 described species in Heteromeringia.
Eupeodes volucris, the bird hover fly, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Eupeodes flukei is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Paramyia is a genus of freeloader flies in the family Milichiidae. There are about 18 described species in Paramyia.
Eupeodes nielseni is a Palearctic hoverfly.
Eupeodes lundbecki is a Palearctic hoverfly.
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