Species Pseudodoros clavatus

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Small Wasp like fly - Pseudodoros clavatus

Another Unknown fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female

syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female

Scrawny, upside-down syrphid seeks ID - Pseudodoros clavatus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Aschiza)

Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Pseudodoros

Species clavatus (Pseudodoros clavatus)

Size

7-12 mm

Identification

Only North American species in the genus Pseudodoros. Similar to species in Baccha and Ocyptamus, but Pseudodoros has yellow transverse marks on the scutellum, which is all black in similar genera. This makes it look like a dark band across a field of solid yellow. See Syrphidae of Ontario for more identification information.

Range

From coast to coast in North America

Season

Noted July, September, December, from eastern North Carolina (1).

Food

Larvae feed on aphids.

See Also

Baccha and Ocyptamus in the Syrphidae

superficially resembles a thick-headed fly, Conopidae

Print References

Brimley, p. 351--Baccha clavata (1)

Internet References

Syrphidae of Ontario

North Carolina State University Entomology--15 pinned

SEL-USDA--image of larva

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Joel Kits on 2 April, 2005 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz
Last updated 28 October, 2006 - 11:02am

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