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Genus Pipiza

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Pipizini
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. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 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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