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Species Callicera erratica

syrphid fly - Callicera erratica - female

Very neat syrphid! - Callicera erratica - female

Callicera erratica from Nebraska - Callicera erratica

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 Callicerini

Genus Callicera

Species erratica (Callicera erratica)

Explanation of Names

Callicera erratica (Walker 1849)

Identification

pile color variable; extreme color forms used to be treated as distinct taxa (auripila, johnsoni)(1)

Range

e. NA (QC-ON to *SC-AL-TX)(1)(*BG data); NV record in(1) prob. in error

Season

flying 26.ii (AL) to 19.vi (ON), most records in Apr(1)

Works Cited

1.	The North American Species of Callicera Panzer (Diptera: Syrphidae) F. Christian Thompson. 1980. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 82(2): 195-211.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 3 April, 2007 - 10:57am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 8 May, 2018 - 7:40pm

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