Subfamily Pipizinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

subfamily status per (1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Pipizinae Williston 1885

Food

Larvae feed on wax secreting aphids

Remarks

Most syrphids feeding on gall-forming aphids belong to this subfamily

Works Cited

1.	Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic ranking of pipizine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with implications for the evol... Ximo Mengual, Gunilla Ståhls, & Santos Rojo. 2015. Cladistics.

2.	A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina Kevin Moran et al. 2021. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Contributed by Cotinis on 14 January, 2006 - 6:56am
Additional contributions by John VanDyk, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, zdanko
Last updated 21 August, 2023 - 11:37am

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