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Genus Monoceromyia

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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 (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Cerioidini
Genus Monoceromyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated as a subgenus of Ceriana in(1)
Explanation of Names
Monoceromyia Shannon 1922
Numbers
a single species in our area(2)
Range
in our area, so.FL(2)
Remarks
See the BugGuide info page for tribe Cerioidini for useful info on members of the genus.
Print References
Shannon, R.C. (1922). A Reclassification of the Subfamilies and Genera of the North American Syrphidae. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 17: 30-42. (Full Text)
Shannon, R.C. (1925) The syrphid–flies of the subfamily Ceriodinae in the U.S. National Museum Collection. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, No. 13, 48–65. (Full Text)
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.Skevington J.H. (2014) Nearctic Syrphidae checklist
2.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 Martin Hauser on 12 May, 2009 - 7:46pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 24 March, 2020 - 9:58pm

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