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Species Pseudodoros clavatus

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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.
Life Cycle
1. Larva. 2. Puparium. 3. Adult female. 4. Adult male
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, Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 3:51pm

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