Ischiodon scutellaris

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Ischiodon scutellaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Ischiodon
Species:
I. scutellaris
Binomial name
Ischiodon scutellaris
(Fabricius, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Syrphus scutellaris

Ischiodon scutellaris, commonly known as the common hover fly or yellow-shouldered hover fly, [1] is a species of hover fly found in India, Turkey to Japan and Australia, as well as all the Pacific islands except for Hawaii. [2] [3]

Larvae feed on aphids, and are considered an effective biological control agent. [4]

Description

Eyes are glabrous, abdomen is flat and slightly convex dorsally. [2] Body length of about 1 cm. Thorax is shiny black, and has a yellow edge to each side. [5] Scutellum yellow, post alar callus black. Legs are mostly orange to yellow, although the coxae and trochanters are black. [3]

Eggs oval and white. Larvae bright green-yellow in colour, with a white stripe running across the body. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)". bie.ala.org.au.
  2. 1 2 3 "Featured insects". databases.nbair.res.in.
  3. 1 2 "Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius)". www.syrphidae.myspecies.info.
  4. ↑ Venu, H. S.; Udayakumar, Amala; Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur M. (April 2024). "Rearing technique of hover fly, Ischiodon scutellaris, an efficient biological control agent of aphid pests" (PDF). Agri-India Today. Vol. 4, no. 4. pp. 109–110.
  5. ↑ "Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly - Ischiodon scutellaris". www.brisbaneinsects.com.
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