Temnostoma vespiforme

Temnostoma vespiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Subtribe:	Temnostomina
Genus:	Temnostoma
Species:	T. vespiforme
Binomial name
Temnostoma vespiforme (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Musca vespiformis Linnaeus, 1758 Temnostoma meridionaleKrivosheina & Mamayev, 1962 [1] Temnostoma strigosum Sack, 1941 [2] Milesia wagaeGórski, 1852 [3] Musca vespaesimilis Barbut, 1781 [4] Syrphus frequens Matsumura, 1931 [5]

Temnostoma vespiforme, the wasp hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly. ^[6] Larva of this species feed in decaying wood of deciduous trees. ^[7]

Etymology

T. vespiforme gets its common name from its scientific name. 'vespiforme' when translated to English is 'wasplike'

Distribution

Europe.

References

1. Krivosheina, N.P.; Mamaev, B.M. (1962). "Larvae of the european species of the genus Temnostoma (Diptera, Syprhidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 41: 921–930.
2. Sack, Pius (1941). "Neue Syrphiden aus Mandschukuo..(3)". Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berl. 8 (3): 186–192.
3. Gorski, S.B. (1852). Analecta ad Entomographium provinviarum occidentali-meridionalium imperii Rossici. Berlin: Nicolai. p. 214.
4. Barbut, J. (1781). Les genres des insectes de Linne. London: J. Sewell. pp. xx + 371 [+ 20] pp., 22 pls. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
5. Matsumura, Shōnen (1931). 6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Toko Shoin. pp. 1689 [367].
6. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN   90-5011-199-8.
7. Krivosheina, M. G (2003). "To biology of flower flies of the genus Temnostoma (Diptera, Syrphidae) with description of larvae in four species". Zoologichesky Zhurnal (in Russian). 82 (1). Moscow, Russia: Akademia Nauk SSSR: 44–51. ISSN   0044-5134.