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Species Sericomyia sexfasciata - Six-banded Pond Fly

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 Eristalini

Subtribe Sericomyiina

Genus Sericomyia

Species sexfasciata (Six-banded Pond Fly)

Explanation of Names

Sericomyia sexfasciata Walker 1849

Range

boreal transcontinental (LB-MB-AK)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2012. Can. Entomol. 144: 216–247.

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 11 January, 2011 - 7:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov, zdanko
Last updated 16 May, 2021 - 5:44pm

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