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Genus Hybobathus

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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 Hybobathus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
recently resurrected to accommodate the Ocyptamus lineatus and O. arx species groups(1)(2)
Baccha lineatus species group (Hull 1949)
Callisyrphus Frey 1946
Explanation of Names
Hybobathus Enderlein 1938
Numbers
a single species in North America, 28 total(2)(1)
Size
body up to 15 mm
Identification
Medial vertical stripes on a light brown abdomen.
Range
in our area, so. Florida and Texas(2)
Food
Larval prey include thrips and psyillds(1)
See Also
Internet References
Works Cited
1.An overview of the genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834, with a revision of the Ocyptamus tristis species group (PhD thesis)
Gonçalves Miranda G.F. 2011. Guelph, Ontario. iii+617 pp.
2.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.