Episyrphus
| Episyrphus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| male Episyrphus balteatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Episyrphus Matsumura & Adachi, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Musca balteata[1] De Geer, 1776 | |
Episyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae. Larvae are predatory, often on aphids.[2] One species, E. balteatus, has a cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Species
- Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)
- Episyrphus circularis Hull, 1941[1][4]
- Episyrphus flavibasis Keiser, 1971[1][5]
- Episyrphus nigromarginatus Vockeroth, 1973[1][6]
- Episyrphus petilis Vockeroth, 1973[1][6]
- Episyrphus trisectus (Loew, 1858)[1]
- Episyrphus viridaureus (Wiedemann, 1824)
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W., ed. Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1– 1436. ISBN 0565 00821 8.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hull, Frank M. (1941). "A study of syrphid flies from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.) 92: 309–334.
- ↑ Keiser, F. (1971). "Syrphidae von Madagaskar (Dipt.)". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basal (ngib) 81: 223–318.
- 1 2 Vockeroth, J. R. (1973). "Some new or uncommon Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae) from southern Africa I". Annals of the Natal Museum (The Natal Museum) 21: 595–607.
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