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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Temnostomina » Pterallastes

Genus Pterallastes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Hover Fly - possibly Pterallastes thoracicus or Mallota sp? - Pterallastes thoracicus Fuzzy Syrphid - Pterallastes thoracicus Maybe Mallota? - Pterallastes thoracicus - female Pterallastes thoracicus? - Pterallastes thoracicus - female Syrphid Fly - Pterallastes thoracicus - female Fly - Pterallastes thoracicus Pterallastes thoracicus - male Diptera 1 Mont - Pterallastes thoracicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Subtribe Temnostomina
Genus Pterallastes
Explanation of Names
Pterallastes Loew 1863
Numbers
a single species in our area(1), 8 spp. total(2)
Range
holarctic; in our area, e. US (NY-GA to WI-NE-MS)(2)
Life Cycle
Larvae unknown (3).
Internet References
Taxon page(1)--dead link 5/29/21
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
3.Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
Jeffrey H. Skevington and Michelle M. Locke, Andrew D. Young, Kevin Moran, William J. Crins and Stephen A. Marshall. 2019. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 February, 2005 - 2:59pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2021 - 6:25am

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