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Genus Salpingogaster

Syrphid wasp mimic? - Salpingogaster punctifrons - male back end of another syrphid wasp mimic (if that is what it is) - Salpingogaster punctifrons bug w/ red abdomen - Salpingogaster punctifrons Salpingogaster Punctifrons? - Salpingogaster punctifrons Salpingogaster punctifrons fly - Salpingogaster punctifrons fly - Salpingogaster punctifrons fly  10/25/23 - Salpingogaster punctifrons
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 Salpingogaster
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly included Salpingogaster texana, now Eosalpingogaster cochenillivora as of 2011.
Explanation of Names
Salpingogaster Schiner 1868
'tubular belly'
Numbers
a single species in our area(1)
Identification
Differs from Eosalpingogaster by: 1) the more deeply dipped vein R4+5; 2) first tergum produced laterally into a strong spur; and 3) the occipital cilia reduced to a single row.
     
Print References
Mengual, X. and Thompson, F. C. 2011. Carmine cochineal killers: The flower fly genus Eosalpingogaster Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae) revised. Systematic Entomology 36(4): 713-731
Internet References
Works Cited
1.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.