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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Lapposyrphus

Genus Lapposyrphus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Eupeodes or Syrphus ? - Lapposyrphus lapponicus Syrphid Fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - male Syrphid Fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - male hover fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - female Hover fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus unknown syrphid flies - Lapposyrphus lapponicus Syrphid Fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - female Syrphid Fly - Lapposyrphus lapponicus - female
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 Lapposyrphus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
often treated as a subgenus of Eupeodes
Explanation of Names
Lapposyrphus Dusek & Laska 1967
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Note vein R4+5 curving upwards. Bare eyes distinguish from Scaeva (which also has upward curved vein R4+5) and Dasysyrphus (which has a straight vein).
Remarks
L. laponicus (Holarctic) has separated spots on tergites 3 and 4, vs complete bands in L. aberrantis (Nearctic)(2)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
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.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.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 17 January, 2008 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov, kbyers
Last updated 19 January, 2014 - 10:53pm

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