Sphecomyia

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Sphecomyia
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Sphecomyia vittata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Criorhinina
Genus: Sphecomyia
Latreille, 1829 [1]
Synonyms

Sphecomyia is a genus of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [8] There are about 16 described species in Sphecomyia. [9]

Species

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<i>Criorhina</i> Genus of flies

Criorhina is a genus of hoverflies. Medium to large sized species, black or greenish black, with or without light ground markings mimicking bumblebees. The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax. The antennae are situated upon a prominent conical frontal process, The face is moderately produced below the eyes, downward or forward, in profile. The eyes are bare. The abdomen is elliptical or very short oval. Larvae found in rot holes or decaying hardwoods

<i>Blera</i> (fly) Genus of flies

Blera is primarily a North American genus, though there are 3 species from Europe. The genus is characterized by the following characters:

<i>Chalcosyrphus</i> Genus of flies

Chalcosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae. Many species exhibit some degree of mimicry of various sawflies and other hymenopterans and are often brightly coloured or metallic in hue. The adults are similar in structure and behavior to the related genus Xylota but differ in larval morphology. They can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and North America and seem to prefer damper, boggy habitats. The larvae are saproxylic feeders in rotten wood in these habitats.

<i>Brachyopa</i> Genus of flies

Brachyopa is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies whose grey and brown colouration is unusual for this family and these flies can easily be overlooked amongst members of other fly families. The larvae can be found under the bark of dead branches and trees in decaying sap.

<i>Orthonevra</i> Genus of flies


Orthonevra is a genus of fly in the syrphidae family with at least 59 species identified so far. They are worldwide in distribution but concentrated in the Eastern North America and Europe.Orthonevra are commonly called Mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera Melanogaster, Brachyopa, Neoascia and Sphegina. Orthonevra have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wingd vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images)

<i>Brachypalpus</i> Genus of flies

Brachypalpus is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. The head is triangular and produced well forwards and somewhat downwards. The thorax and abdomen with pile often rather long. The hind femur is swollen and with an obtuse spur apically and ventrally. The hind trochanters of male is spurred.
The larvae are of the rat-tailed type feeding on decaying sap under tree bark. Larvae live in decaying trees and logs. Larva and pupa have been described by Malloch.

<i>Tropidia</i> (fly) Genus of flies

Tropidia is a genus hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Milesiini</span> Tribe of flies

The Milesiini is a large and diverse tribe of hoverflies. They mimic wasps or hornets.

<i>Milesia</i> (fly) Genus of flies


Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro. Milesia are predominantly Palaeotropical in distribution almost entirely Oriental.

<i>Hermetia</i> Genus of flies

Hermetia is a genus of flies of the family Stratiomyidae.

Sphecomyia metallica is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

<i>Hadromyia pulchra</i> Species of fly

Hadromyia pulchra is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

<i>Hadromyia grandis</i> Species of fly

Hadromyia grandis is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

Sphecomyia brevicornis is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Sphecomyia pattonii is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

<i>Sphecomyia columbiana</i> Species of fly

Sphecomyia columbiana is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Sphecomyia aino is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Neoascia distincta is a species of Hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.

Total of 245 species either found or highly expected to be found in New York.

References

  1. ↑ Latreille, Pierre André (1829). Suite et findes insectes. In Cuvier, [G.L.C. F.D.], Le regne animal. Vol. V. Paris: Deterville et Crochard. pp. xxiv + 556.
  2. 1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz.
  3. 1 2 Gorski, S.B . (1852). Analecta ad Entomographium provinviarum occidentali-meridionalium imperii Rossici. Berlin: Nicolai. p. 214.
  4. 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1882). "Description de quatre genres nouveau de la tribu des syrphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1882 (6): 78–79.
  5. ↑ Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1883). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 21e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 221–258. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Kertész, K. (1910). Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. VII. Budapestini: Museum Nationale Hungaricum. p. 470. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 Williston, Samuel Wendell (1882). "Contribution to a monograph of the North American Syrphidae". Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 20 (112): 299–332. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moran, K.M.; Skevington, J.H. (2019). "Revision of world Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 836: 15–79. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Stackelberg, A.A. (1955). "Palearkticheskie vidy roda Penthesilea Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 34: 340–349.
  11. ↑ Osten Sacken, Carl Robert (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
  12. ↑ Vockeroth, J.R. (1965). "A new species of Sphecomyia from British Columbia (Diptera: Syrphidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 97: 86–88.
  13. ↑ Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1925). "North American Sphecomyia (Diptera, Syrphidae)". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2: 43–44.
  14. ↑ Violovitsh, N.A. (1974). Brief survey of species from the genus Criorrhina Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Palaearctic Fauna]. Pp. 124-128. In Kolomietz, N. G. (ed.), The fauna and ecology of insects from Siberia (in Russian). Novosibirsk: Nauk. p. 212.


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