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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Rhingiini » Cheilosiina » Cheilosia » Cheilosia grossa

Species Cheilosia grossa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Diptera, unidentified - Cheilosia grossa Fuzzy Red Fly 1 - Cheilosia grossa Fuzzy Red Fly 2 - Cheilosia grossa Pyritis kincaidii? - Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa? - Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa? - Cheilosia grossa Syrphid - Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa? - Cheilosia grossa
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 Rhingiini
Subtribe Cheilosiina
Genus Cheilosia
Species grossa (Cheilosia grossa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cheilosia corydon (Harris 1780)
Explanation of Names
Cheilosia grossa (Fallén 1817)
Identification
dark bodied with red brown hairs
Range
native to, and widespread across Europe, introduced in NA(1)
Food
Larvae feed on thistles
Remarks
Introduced in US to control thistles
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 13 January, 2015 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 5:41pm

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