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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » Eupeodes latifasciatus

Species Eupeodes latifasciatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Unknown syrphid - Eupeodes latifasciatus Unknown syrphid - Eupeodes latifasciatus unknown syrphid - Eupeodes latifasciatus Syrphid - Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes fumipennis? Nope. Cancel that: Epistrophe grossulariae? - Eupeodes latifasciatus A syrphid whose genus starts with 'E'? - Eupeodes latifasciatus - male Eupeodes latifaciatus? Male? - Eupeodes latifasciatus Switcheroo!! Two syrphids, same plant, minutes apart #2 - Eupeodes latifasciatus
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 Eupeodes
No Taxon (subgenus Metasyrphus)
Species latifasciatus (Eupeodes latifasciatus)
Explanation of Names
Eupeodes latifasciatus (Macquart 1829)
Identification
Black markings on the disc of tergite 5; cell c of the wing densely trichose; alula trichose; yellow bands on tergites 3 and 4 entire(1)
Range
Widespread: Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, Texas, and Pennsylvania; Europe(2)
Works Cited
1.The flower flies of the subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, Diptera: Syrphidae
Vockeroth J.R. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 18. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 456 pp.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers on 24 November, 2014 - 5:09am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2014 - 10:35am

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