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Genus Pterallastes

Bg829 C7682 - Pterallastes thoracicus - male Hover Fly - possibly Pterallastes thoracicus or Mallota sp? - Pterallastes thoracicus Syrphid bee-mimic - Pterallastes thoracicus Orange-backed fly - Pterallastes thoracicus Syrphid Fly - Pterallastes thoracicus - female Mimic - Pterallastes thoracicus Fly - Pterallastes thoracicus - female maybe Pterallastes thoracicus (goldenback) - Pterallastes thoracicus
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 Milesiini
Subtribe Temnostomina
Genus Pterallastes
Explanation of Names
Pterallastes Loew 1863
Numbers
a single species in our area(1), 8 spp. total(2)
Range
holarctic; in our area, e. US (NY-GA to WI-NE-MS)(2)
Life Cycle
Larvae unknown (3).
Internet References
Taxon page(1)--dead link 5/29/21
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
3.Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
Jeffrey H. Skevington and Michelle M. Locke, Andrew D. Young, Kevin Moran, William J. Crins and Stephen A. Marshall. 2019. Princeton University Press.