''Callicera'' is a
Holarctic
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genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
hoverflies
Medium-sized to rather large (wing length 9·75–15 mm.)
bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related gener ...
mimics. They are beautiful metallic flies, with strikingly long antennae. All the species are considered rare. ''Callicera'' larvae live in water rot-holes of overmature trees as saprophages. They occur mainly in ancient forests where they are arboreal.
[Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11–230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.]
''Callicera'' have been used as
bioindicators.
Species
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C. aenea''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1781)
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C. aurata''
( Rossi, 1790)
* ''
C.christiani''
(Ghorpade, 1982)
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C.doleschalli''
( Verrall, 1913)
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C. duncani''
Curran, 1935
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C. erratica''
( Walker, 1849)
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C. exigua''
Smit, 2014
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C. fagesii''
Guérin-Menéville, 1844
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C. macquarti''
Rondani, 1844
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C. montensis''
Snow, 1892
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C. nitens''
(Coe, 1964)
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C.poultoni''
( Verrall, 1913)
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C.robusta''
(Coe, 1964)
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C. rohdendorfi''
Zimina, 1982
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C. rufa''
Schummel, 1842
* ''
C.sackeni''
( Verrall, 1913)
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C. scintilla''
Smit, 2014
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C. spinolae''
Rondani, 1844
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C. sumatrensis''
(Meijere, 1919)
References
External imagesImages representing ''Callicera''
Hoverfly genera
Eristalinae
Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
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