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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Xylotini » Chalcosyrphus » Chalcosyrphus pigra

Species Chalcosyrphus pigra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Syrphid Fly Lekking? - Chalcosyrphus pigra - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Aschiza)

Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Xylotini

Genus Chalcosyrphus

Species pigra (Chalcosyrphus pigra)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chalcosyrphus piger, Xylota pigra, Xylotina pigra, and likely permutations of these.

Size

Circa 13 mm

Identification

Medium-sized syrphid with enlarged hind femora. Dark thorax, wings. Abdomen bright red. Coloration distinctive within this genus, perhaps.

Range

Includes eastern North America (on lists for Minnesota, Minnesota, North Carolina). Also found in Old World.

Habitat

Fields with flowers.

Season

Spring-fall. March-November (eastern North Carolina)

Food

Take nectar at flowers.

Life Cycle

No information found.

See Also

Chalcosyrphus/Xylota bicolor is a similar species, perhaps.

Print References

Brimley, p. 354--Xylota pigra (1)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek--Xylota

Ravensford Tract, near Great Smoky Mountains National Park--collected in May

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with 48 pinned, most commonly collected in genus.

Collected from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ontario

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 14 October, 2004 - 10:08pm
Last updated 6 October, 2005 - 5:29am

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