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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Xanthogramma » Xanthogramma flavipes

Species Xanthogramma flavipes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Syrphid - Xanthogramma flavipes - male Woodland syrphid - Xanthogramma flavipes - female unknown fly - Xanthogramma flavipes 14Jun2017.BF.HN.Dip5 - Xanthogramma flavipes Syrphus ribesii? - Xanthogramma flavipes Submission 047 - Xanthogramma flavipes SyrphinUSA - Xanthogramma flavipes 9079223 Syrphid - Xanthogramma flavipes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini
Genus Xanthogramma
Species flavipes (Xanthogramma flavipes)
Explanation of Names
Xanthogramma flavipes (Loew 1863)
flavipes = 'yellow-legged'
Size
7-12 mm(1)
Identification
face, margins on thorax, and transverse bands on abdomen all bright yellow; female may have brown bands between the yellow abdominal bands
Range
se. Canada & ne. US (QC-NC to MN-NE)(2)
Habitat
fields and wood edges
Season
May-Sep in ON(1)
Works Cited
1.Syrphidae of Ontario
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 May, 2005 - 2:08pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2014 - 11:42am

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