''Episyrphus'' is a genus of
hoverflies in the subfamily
Syrphinae
The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.
Gallery
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.
Larvae are predatory, often on
aphids.
Two
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
are recognized, ''Episyrphus'' and ''Asiobaccha''. Species of the latter are distinguished by a
petiolate
Petiole may refer to:
*Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem
*Petiole (insect anatomy)
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, a ...
abdomen.
It has been claimed that classification within the genus ''Episyrphus'' needs revision, due to the poor clarity of species names and distinguishing characteristics between them.
Characters such as the colors on the abdomen or of the pile on the
frons and
scutellum, often taken as diagnostic, have been found to depend on temperature in studies on ''E. viridaureus''.
Species
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E. arcifer''
(Sack, 1927)
*''
E. balteatus''
(De Geer
The De Geer family (also: De Geer van Jutphaas and De Geer van Oudegein) is a prominent industrial family of Walloon origin that belongs to the Swedish and Dutch nobility.
History
The name derives from the town of Geer near Liège (in present ...
, 1776)
*''
E. canaqueus''
(Bigot, 1884)
*''
E. circularis''
Hull, 1941
*''
E. contax''
(Curran, 1947)
*''
E. contractus''
(Keiser, 1952)
*''
E. demeijerei''
(Curran, 1947)
*''
E. divertens''
(Walker, 1856)
*''
E. flavibasis''
Keiser, 1971
*''
E. fuscicolor''
(Bigot, 1884)
*''
E. glaber''
(Wright, 2013)
*''
E. insularis''
(Kassebeer, 2000)
*''
E. nigromarginatus''
( Vockeroth, 1973)
*''
E. noumeae''
(Bigot, 1884)
*''
E. obligatus''
(Curran, 1931)
*''
E. oliviae''
(Wright, 2013)
*''
E. perscitus''
(He & Chu, 1992)
*''
E. petilis''
( Vockeroth, 1973)
*''
E. schultzianus''
(Bezzi, 1908)
*''
E. stuckenbergi''
(Doesburg, 1957)
*''
E. trisectus''
( Loew, 1858)
*''
E. viridaureus''
(Wiedemann Wiedemann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
* Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
*Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), Ger ...
, 1824)
*''
E. virtuosa''
References
External links
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Hoverfly genera
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura
Syrphini
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