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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » Syrphus ribesii

Species Syrphus ribesii

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Syrphid - Syrphus ribesii Syrphid - Syrphus ribesii unknown Syrphini - Syrphus ribesii - male Syrphus ribesii - male Hover fly - Syrphus ribesii Diptera. Syrphidae. Epistrophe grossulariae? - Syrphus ribesii - female Syrphid fly - Syrphus ribesii? - Syrphus ribesii - female Parasyrphus ? - Syrphus ribesii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini
Genus Syrphus
Species ribesii (Syrphus ribesii)
Explanation of Names
Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
8.1-13.3 mm(1)
Identification
Wing bm cell entirely covered with tiny hairs (i.e. trichose)
Eyes bare
Black bands of abdomen complete to edge; margin not narrowly yellow
Male hind femur either yellow or black on basal 2/3
Female mid and hind femora only black right at base, with most specimens having a hind femur that is completely yellow
Range
holarctic, throughout NA (Alaska & Canada to CA & MS to Central America)(1)
Food
Larvae recorded feeding on a variety of aphids, including Macrosiphum, Aphis, Pemphigus, and Cinara(1)
Remarks
Most variable Nearctic Syrphus species(1)
Internet References
Species pages: Strickland Museum(2) | Discover Life(3)
Works Cited
1.The flower flies of the subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, Diptera: Syrphidae
Vockeroth J.R. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 18. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 456 pp.
2.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
3.Nearctic Diptera (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 29 July, 2012 - 1:21am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2015 - 9:14am

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