Genus Ferdinandea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

I'm Stumped with this one! - Ferdinandea croesus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Rhingiini

Genus Ferdinandea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chrysochlamys = Ferdinandea

Explanation of Names

The old generic name Chrysochlamys means "golden mantle"(1)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 5 North American species...presumably the same five species listed in Shannon (1924): aeneicolor, buccata, croesus, dives, and nigripes.

However, the ITIS webpage lists only three species: aeneicolor, buccata, croesus...treating dives and nigripes as synonyms for buccata. This is in accord with the info regarding recent work of Thompson and Skevington mentioned here.

Food

Larvae feed on sap at tree-wounds and have been found on Aesculus, Acer, Populus, etc.(1).

Print References

C. R. Osten-Sacken, "Western Diptera" (1877). See page 340 for treatment of four species (buccata, croesus, dives, and nigripes) under the synonym Chrysochlamys for the genus Ferdinandea.

R. C. Shannon, "North American species of Ferdinandea (Diptera:Syrphidae)", Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash 26:214-215 (1924). (Download as PDF here).

F. M. Hull, "The genus Ferdinandea Rondani", Wash. Acad. Sci. Jour. 32: 239-241 (1942).

Cole and Schlinger(1), pg. 313.

Internet References

Images for F. buccata, and F. croesus from Barcode of Life/BOLD Systems website.

Two images for F. croesus from www.phorid.net.

Works Cited

1.	The Flies of Western North America By Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 14 December, 2006 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 10 September, 2011 - 8:16pm

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