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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Cerioidini » Polybiomyia

Genus Polybiomyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Sphiximorpha? - Polybiomyia sayi - male Species ID help - Polybiomyia townsendi - male fly 151 - Polybiomyia - female fly 151 - Polybiomyia - female Syrphid - Polybiomyia macquarti - female Polybiomyia bellardii? - Polybiomyia bellardii Thick-headed fly Physocephala maybe?? - Polybiomyia townsendi - male RACA-00141 - Polybiomyia engelhardti
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 Polybiomyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated as a subgenus of Ceriana in(1)
Explanation of Names
Polybiomyia Shannon 1925
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(2)
Identification
The key to Polybiomyia spp. given in Shannon (1925)...together with a labelled inset photo illustrating key characters, and annotations/corrections in red...can be viewed here.
Print References
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 6 May, 2006 - 1:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 24 August, 2021 - 10:48pm

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