Milesia bella

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Milesia bella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Milesiina
Genus: Milesia
Species:
M. bella
Binomial name
Milesia bella
Townsend, 1897 [1]
Synonyms
  • Milesia midaMoodie, 1905 [2]

Milesia bella is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [3]

Distribution

United States, Mexico.

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References

  1. ↑ Townsend, C.H.T. (1897). "Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. No. IV. Diptera from the Sacramento and the White Mountains, in southern New Mexico. I." Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19 (6): 138–149. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Moodie, R.L. (1905). "A new Milesia from Arizona with notes on some Wyoming Syrphidae". Entomological News. 16: 138–143. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.


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