Stomorhina lunata

Stomorhina lunata
Male Stomorhina lunata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Calliphoridae
Subfamily:	Rhiniinae
Genus:	Stomorhina
Species:	S. lunata
Binomial name
Stomorhina lunata (Fabricius, 1805) [1]
Synonyms
Stomorhina selgae Lehrer, 1979 [2]

Stomorhina lunata, female, dorsal view

Female visiting flowers.

Stomorhina lunata is a species of fly in the family Calliphoridae, often misidentified because of the unusual band pattern in the abdomen, typical of hoverflies. S. lunata is an important egg predator of some major African agricultural pests, the South African Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), the more widespread Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), and the migratory locust (Locustana migratoria).

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Afro-tropical ecozone, in the eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East, in the Nearctic ecozone, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone.

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References

1. "Stomorhina". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. D. Gonzalez Mora & S. V. Peris (1988). "Los Calliphoridae de España, I: Rhiniinae y Chrysomyinae (Diptera)". Eos Madrid 64 (1): 91–139.
3. Greathead, D. J.; C. Kooyman; M. H. Launois-Luong; G. B. Popov (1994). "Les ennemis naturels des criquets du Sahel" (pdf). Ministère des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas et CIRAD/PRIFAS (France). Retrieved 2008-04-03.
4. Popov, G. B.; M. H. Launois-Luong; J. van der Weel (1990). "Les oothèques des criquets du Sahel" (pdf). Ministère des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas et CIRAD/PRIFAS (France). Retrieved 2008-04-03.
5. Griffiths, Charles; Mike Picker; Alan Weaving (2005-06-30). Field Guide To Insects Of Southern Africa. South Africa: Struik Publishers. p. 440. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.