Sericomyia chrysotoxoides
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sericomyia
Species:
S. chrysotoxoides
Binomial name
Sericomyia chrysotoxoides
Macquart, 1842
Synonyms
  • Sericomyia filia Walker, 1849
  • Sericomyia limbipennis Macquart, 1847
  • Sericomyia tuberculata Say, 1835

Sericomyia chrysotoxoides , (Macquart 1842), the Oblique-banded Pond Fly , is a common species of syrphid fly observed across the eastern half of North America and in the Rocky Mountains. Syrphid flies are also known as Hover Flies or Flower Flies because the adults are frequently found hovering around flowers from which they feed on nectar and pollen. Adults are 9.6–1,315.3 mm (0.38–51.78 in) long, black with yellow bands, less prominent in the male. The larvae of this genus are known as rat tailed maggots for the long posterior breathing tube.[1][2][3]

S. chrysotoxoides female

References

  1. ↑ Rotheray, G.E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe" (PDF). Diperists Digest. 9: 155.
  2. ↑ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
  3. ↑ Skevington, J. H.; Thompson, F. C. (2012). "Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 144 (2): 216–247. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.24. S2CID 85892509.


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