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
The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...
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
r
4+5 with long petiole, longer than humeral crossvein.
The vein
R4+5 is straight to moderately sinuate.
Species
Subgenus: ''
Sericomyia''
*''
S. arctica''
Schirmer, 1913
*''
S. bifasciata''
Williston, 1887
*''
S. carolinensis''
(Metcalf, 1917)
*''
S. chalcopyga''
Loew, 1863
*''
S. chrysotoxoides''
Macquart, 1842
*''
S. dux''
(Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
* Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviv ...
, 1930)
*''
S. hispanica''
Peris Torres, 1962
*''
S. jakutica''
(Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
* Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviv ...
, 1927)
*''
S. lappona''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
S. lata''
(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 ...
, 1907)[
]
*''
S. militaris''
Walker, 1849
*''
S. nigra''
Portschinsky, 1873
*''
S. sachalinica''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
* Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviv ...
, 1926
*''
S. sexfasciata''
Walker, 1849
*''
S. silentis''
( Harris, 1776)
*''
S. slossonae''
Curran
Curran may refer to:
People
* Curran (surname)
* Curran Oi (born 1990), an American figure skater
Material
* Curran (material)
Places
*Curran, community in Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario, Canada
;Northern Ireland
* Curran, County Londonderry ...
, 1934[
]
*''
S. transversa''
(Osburn, 1926)[ ]
Subgenus: ''
Arctophila''
*''
S. bequaerti''
(Hervé-Bazin, 1913)
*''
S. bombiformis''
( Fallén, 1810)
*''
S. flagrans''
(Osten Sacken
The House von der Osten-Sacken is an old and distinguished noble family of Baltic Germans. The family members held the titles of ''Baron'', ''Graf'', ''Knyaz'' and ''Fürst''.
History
The origins of the family are traced to 14th century. In 16 ...
, 1875)
*''
S. harveyi''
(Osburn, 1908)
*''
S. meyeri''
(Fluke, 1939)
*''
S. superbiens''
(Müller, 1776)
Subgenus: ''
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. Гогузоко ...
''
*''
S. tolli''
( Frey, 1915)
Gallery
File:Sericomyia chrysotoxoides.jpg, Sericomyia chrysotoxoides
''Sericomyia chrysotoxoides '', (Macquart 1842), the Oblique-banded Pond Fly , is a common species of syrphid fly observed across the eastern half of North America and in the Rocky Mountains. Syrphid flies are also known as Hover Flies or Flower ...
female
File:Arctophila flagrans male dorsal.jpg, Sericomyia flagrans male
File:Sericomyia lappona.jpg, Sericomyia lappona female
File:Sericomyiamilitaris.jpg, Sericomyia militaris female
File:Sericomyia silentis.jpg, Sericomyia silentis female
File:Arctophila superbiens2.female.jpg, Sericomyia superbiens female
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2075839
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of North America
Hoverfly genera
Eristalinae
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
