Hammerschmidtia sedmani

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Hammerschmidtia sedmani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Hammerschmidtia
Species:
H. sedmani
Binomial name
Hammerschmidtia sedmani
Vockeroth, Moran & Skevington, 2019

Hammerschmidtia sedmani, the pale-bristled logsitter, [1] is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in North America. Larvae are found under bark of recently fallen aspen. [2]

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References

  1. Skevington, Jeffrey (2019). "New Syrphidae (Diptera) of North-eastern North America". Biodiversity Data Journal. 7: e36673. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36673 . PMC   6736894 . PMID   31543695.
  2. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691189406.