Species Mallota posticata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Season · Works Cited

Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus) ???? - Mallota posticata

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 Eristalini

Subtribe Helophilina

Genus Mallota

Species posticata (Mallota posticata)

Explanation of Names

Mallota posticata (Fabricius 1805)

posticata = 'with accentuated posterior part'

Size

11-15 mm(1)

Identification

eyes hairy (pilose)

abdomen black with variable amount of yellow pile, usually covering tergites 1, 2 (partly) and sometimes 3

Season

May-Jun in OK(1)

Works Cited

1.	Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera) Shorter D.A., Drew W.A. 1976. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 56: 75‒94.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 2 June, 2006 - 12:38pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2020 - 5:03pm

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