Orthonevra feei

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Orthonevra feei
Orthonevra feei lateral male.jpg
lateral male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Genus: Orthonevra
Species:
O. feei
Binomial name
Orthonevra feei
Moran & Skevington, 2019

Orthonevra feei, Fee's mucksucker, is a rare species of syrphid fly. It has been observed only in New Hampshire, United States. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies, for they are commonly found around and on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae for this genus are of the rat-tailed type. O. feei larvae have not been described. [1] [2]

References

  1. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691189406.
  2. 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. S2CID   202732243.