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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Brachyopini » Brachyopina » Orthonevra » pictipennis species group (Orthonevra pictipennis species group)

pictipennis species group

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References
Syrphid - Orthonevra - female Syrphid - Orthonevra Orthonevra pictipennis species group - Orthonevra pictipennis - male Orthonevra pictipennis species group - Orthonevra pictipennis - male Flower Fly - Orthonevra - male Orthonevra pulchella? - Orthonevra pulchella Pictipennis Species Group, found on snowpack - Orthonevra Fly ID? - Orthonevra pictipennis
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 Brachyopini
Subtribe Brachyopina
Genus Orthonevra
No Taxon pictipennis species group
Numbers
Four species in North America
Size
Males 4.5-6 mm
Females 5-7 mm
Identification
Single, horizontal dark line across eye.
Range
O. pictipennis: Minnesota east to Maine, south to Nebraska and Florida; Alberta east to Nova Scotia and Quebec
O. weemsi: east coast, Ontario south to Florida
O. pulchella: Washington east to New England, south to Colorado; British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and Quebec
O. anniae: South Dakota east to Massachusetts; Manitoba east to Quebec, no records south
All data from Sedman (1966).
Remarks
MCZ type of O. pictipennis: http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=13106&-Find
Print References
Sedman, Y. S. 1966. The Chrysogaster (Orthonevra) pictipennis group in North America (Diptera: Syrphidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 68:185-194 (BHL)
Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2011 - 7:29pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, kbyers
Last updated 11 October, 2015 - 9:19am

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