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Sericomyiini
''Sericomyiini'' is a tribe of hoverflies consisting mainly of large ''bumblebee'' or ''wasp'' mimics. As with Eristalini the larvae have a telescopic breathing tube which allows them to breathe while submerged in boggy areas. The tribe is sometimes classified under Eristalini Eristalini is a tribe of hoverflies. Several species are well-known honeybee mimics, such as the drone fly ''Eristalis tenax'', while other genera such as ''Helophilus'' and ''Parhelophilus'' exhibit wasp-like patterns of yellow and black stripes ... as the subtribe Sericomyiina. References Eristalinae Brachycera tribes {{Syrphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eristalini
Eristalini is a tribe of hoverflies. Several species are well-known honeybee mimics, such as the drone fly ''Eristalis tenax'', while other genera such as ''Helophilus'' and ''Parhelophilus'' exhibit wasp-like patterns of yellow and black stripes, both strategies to avoid predation by visual predators such as birds. They breed in decaying organic materials such as run-offs from dung heaps (''Eristalis'') or in ponds and ditches (e.g. ''Anasimyia''). Some others, such as '' Myathropa'' and ''Mallota'', breed in wet rotting tree stumps and rot holes. A characteristic feature of this tribe is the "rat-tailed maggot" with a rear positioned telescopic breathing tube, allowing the larvae to breathe while living submerged in water or mud. This feature is also shared with another hoverfly tribe the Sericomyiini though those flies do not share the characteristic eristaline dip in wing vein R4+5. List of genera Thompson considers the tribe Sericomyiini a subtribe of the Eristalini while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conosyrphus
''Conosyrphus'' is a genus of 2 species of Hoverfly, one (''volucellinus'') a unique endemic of the Caucasus region and the other characteristic of the Siberian arctic.Х.А. Кетенчиев, С.Г. Козьминов, Т. Х. Гогузоков. НАСЕКОМЫЕ СРЕДИЗЕМНОМОРЬЯ (БИОРАЗНООБРАЗИЕ, ЗООГЕОГРАФИЯ) ЧАСТЬ I. СТРЕКОЗЫ (ODONATA) И МУХИ-СИРФИДЫ (DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE).2002. Кабардино-Балкарский государственный университет им. Х.М. Бербекова/ref> Species *'' Conosyrphus tolli'' Frey Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, and weather. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden and ..., 1915 *'' Conosyrphus volucellinus'' ( Portschinsky, 1881) References Diptera of Asia Hoverfly genera Eristalin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pararctophila
''Pararctophila'' is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced .... Species *'' P. brunnescens'' Huo & Shi, 2007 *'' P. oberthueri'' Hervé-Bazin, 1914 References Diptera of Asia Hoverfly genera Eristalinae {{Syrphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudovolucella
''Pseudovolucella'' is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are bee mimics found mostly in the mountains of south east Asia. Species *'' P. apiformis'' (De Meijere), 1919 *'' P. apimima'' Hull, 1941 *'' P. decipiens'' (Hervé-Bazin), 1914 *'' P. fasciata'' Curran, 1931 *'' P. himalayensis'' (Brunetti), 1907 *'' P. hingstoni'' Coe, 1964 *'' P. malayana'' (Curran), 1928 *'' P. mimica'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' P. ochracea'' Hull Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ..., 1944 *'' P. sinepollex'' Reemer & Hippa, 2008 References Diptera of Asia Hoverfly genera Eristalinae {{Syrphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyritis
''Pyritis'' is a genus of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Species *'' P. kincaidii'' (Coquillett Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientifi ..., 1895) References External links See BugGuide page for image: http://bugguide.net/node/view/377527 Diptera of North America Hoverfly genera Eristalinae {{Syrphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eristalinae
Eristalinae (or Milesiinae) are one of the four subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae, or hoverflies. A well-known species included in this subfamily is the dronefly, ''Eristalis tenax''. Species in this subfamily are often misclassified as bees instead of flies due to their exceptional Mimicry, especially to resemble Honeybees (family Apidae). The best strategy for proper identification is to look at their eyes and wings and compare with fly morphology, to determine membership of family Syrphidae and/or of order Hymenoptera. Taxonomy This subfamily consists of the following tribes: * Brachyopini * Callicerini * Cerioidini * Eristalini * Sericomyiini * Eumerini * Milesiini * Pipizini * Rhingiini * Spheginobacchini * Volucellini gallery Brachyopa daeckei.jpg, ''Brachyopa daeckei'' actual size Sphiximorpha subsessilis, Parc de Woluwé, Brussels (34851582946).jpg, ''Sphiximorpha subsessilis'' Namaste! (8089480678).jpg, ''Palpada sp.'' Syrphid - Sericomyia chalcopy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sericomyia Superbiens
''Sericomyia'' (''Arctophila) superbiens'' is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is a bumblebee mimic. Range: Scandinavia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through Northern Europe Central Europe and Southern Europe (Italy, Yugoslavia) into European Russia. South of northern France largely confined to mountain ranges. It is a bumblebee mimic MIMIC, known in capitalized form only, is a former simulation computer language developed 1964 by H. E. Petersen, F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the Air Force Materiel Command at the Wright-Patterson AFB in .... The habitat is ''Alnus'', ''Quercus'' and ''Betula'' with ''Salix'' woodland or coniferous (''Picea'') woodland or amongst ''Alnus'' and ''Salix''.Also found by springs, wet flushes and along streams in grassland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, composites, ''Cirsium vulgare'', ''Centaurea'', ''Cirsium vulgare'', ''Ranunculus'', ''Rubus'', ''Scabiosa'', ''Succisa pratensis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clearly demons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctophila (fly)
''Arctophila'' is a subgenus of hoverflies, in the genus ''Sericomyia'' from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ..., comprising several hairy, bee-mimicking species. Species *'' S. bequaerti'' (Hervé-Bazin, 1913) *'' S. bombiformis'' ( Fallén, 1810) *'' S. flagrans'' ( Osten Sacken, 1875) *'' S. harveyi'' (Osburn, 1908) *'' S. meyeri'' (Fluke, 1939) *'' S. superbiens'' ( Müller, 1776) References Insect subgenera Eristalinae {{Syrphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sericomyia
Sercomyia are large flies with species that are bee mimics both short pile and long pile. Sericomyiine flower flies are common in boreal forests across the Holarctic region and southward at higher elevations into the Oriental and Neotropical regions. Sericomyia species have larvae of the rat-tailed maggot type, often found in ponds rich in decomposing vegetation where they filter out microorganisms as their food Description Sericomyia head, plumose arista They have an oval flagellum with a plumose arista. The eye are bare and narrowly to broadly holoptic in male. The wings are darkly colored along the anterior margin. Cell r1 is open. The stigmatic crossvein is absent. The cell r4+5 with long petiole, longer than humeral crossvein. The vein R4+5 is straight to moderately sinuate. Sericomyia wing diagram Sericomyia head, plumose arista Species Subgenus: ''Sericomyia'' *'' S. arctica'' Schirmer, 1913 *'' S. bifasciata'' Williston, 1887 *'' S. carolinensis'' (Metca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoverflies
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. Insects such as aphids are considered a crop pest, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hover flies serve as an economically (as well as ecologically) important predator and even potential agents for use in biological control, while the adults may be pollinators. About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hover flies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hover flies are harmless to most mamma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
