Sphaerophoria batava

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Sphaerophoria batava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Genus:
Sphaerophoria
Species:
S. batava
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria batava
Goeldlin, 1974

Sphaerophoria batava is a Palearctic hoverfly. Identification is problematic and this species is little known. [1] [2] [3]

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<i>Sphaerophoria</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Sphaerophoria scripta</i> Species of fly

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<i>Sphaerophoria interrupta</i> Species of fly

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<i>Sphaerophoria fatarum</i> Species of fly

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<i>Allograpta</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Neoascia</i> Genus of flies

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Syrphini Tribe of flies

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Sphaerophoria bankowskae is a European species of hoverfly.

Sphaerophoria sulphuripes is a species of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae.

<i>Sphaerophoria contigua</i> Species of fly

Sphaerophoria contigua is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Sphaerophoria novaeangliae is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Sphaerophoria pyrrhina is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

<i>Sphaerophoria philanthus</i> Species of fly

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Sphaerophoria loewi is a Palearctic hoverfly. Identification is problematic and this species is little known.


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References

  1. ↑ Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1989) Sur plusieurs espèces de Sphaerophoria (Dipt., Syrphidae) nouvelles ou méconnues des régions paléarctique et néarctique. Bull.Soc.ent.Suisse, 62: 41-66.
  2. ↑ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
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