Genus Pipiza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Syrphid Flies Genus Pipiza Female - Pipiza - female

A second Banff Syrphid - Pipiza quadrimaculata - male

Syrphid Flies Genus Pipiza - Pipiza - male

Potential Pipiza femoralis in Saskatoon - Pipiza

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Pipizinae

Genus Pipiza

Explanation of Names

Pipiza Fallén 1810

Numbers

11 spp. in our area(1)

Size

5-9 mm

Range

in our area, most of NA(1)

Internet References

Taxon page(1)

Wiley Online Library. Systematics of Pipizini and taxonomy of European Pipiza Fallén: molecular and morphological evidence (Diptera, Syrphidae)

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. CJAI 23: 1‒351.

Contributed by tom murray on 13 May, 2005 - 7:54pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 15 July, 2018 - 12:16pm

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