Sphegina occidentalis

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Sphegina occidentalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Spheginina
Genus: Sphegina
Species:
S. occidentalis
Binomial name
Sphegina occidentalis
Malloch, 1922 [1]

Sphegina occidentalis is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [2]

Distribution

Canada, United States.

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References

  1. Malloch, John Russell (1922). "Seven new species of the syrphid genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 35: 141–144. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. 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.