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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Syrphid Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Pipizini

Tribe Pipizini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Syrphid - male Fly - Pipiza - male Syrphid Fly Syrphid Flies Genus Pipiza - Pipiza - male Fly on Aphids - female Pipiza sp. - Pipiza Pipiza quadrimaculta - Pipiza quadrimaculata - female What kind of fly is this?
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
This tribe is sometimes placed in subfamily Eristalinae and sometimes in Syrphinae (based on Internet searches). It is placed in Syrphinae based on such references as Syrphidae of Oklahoma.
Food
Larvae feed on wax secreting aphids.
Remarks
Most syrphids feeding on gall forming aphids belong to Pipizini tribe.
Internet References
Biocontrols.
Contributed by Cotinis on 14 January, 2006 - 6:56am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 December, 2009 - 7:09am

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