Platycheirus scamboides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Tribe: Bacchini
Genus: Platycheirus
Species:
P. scamboides
Binomial name
Platycheirus scamboides
Curran 1927

Platycheirus scamboides (Curran 1927),[1][2] the yellowspine sedgesitter, is a rare species of syrphid fly observed in northeastern North America.[3] Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae are aphid predators.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Curran, C. H. (1927). "Synopsis of males of the genus Platycheirus St. Fargeau & Serville with descriptions of new Syrphinae" (PDF). Am. Mus. Novit. 247: 6.
  2. ↑ "Platycheirus scamboides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Young, Andrew D (2012). A revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) (master of SCIENCE). University of Guelph. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  4. ↑ Rotheray, G.E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe" (PDF). Diperists Digest. 9: 155.
  5. ↑ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.


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