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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Sericomyiina » Sericomyia

Genus Sericomyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Syrphid - Sericomyia militaris Arctophila flagrans - Sericomyia flagrans - male Sericomyia chrysotoxoides at Fundy National Park: nearly lateral view - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides - female Sericomyia lata Pale-faced fly - Sericomyia militaris Sericomyia chrysotoxoides ♀ ?? - Sericomyia chalcopyga Dasysyrphus sp ? - Sericomyia lata White-spotted Pond Fly - Sericomyia lata
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arctophila Schiner 1860, Conosyrphus Frey 1915 [both synonimized under Sericomyia sensu stricto(1)]
Explanation of Names
Sericomyia Meigen 1803
Numbers
17 spp. in our area(1), 19 in the New World(2) + half a dozen in the Old World
Identification
key to spp. and images of all our spp. in(2)
Range
in the New World, across NA (high arctic to Panama)(2)
Habitat
regularly found on flowers; many are conspicuous members of the hilltopping community; larvae in ponds rich in decomposing vegetation(2)
Food
larvae filter out microorganisms as their food(2)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
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. CJAI 23: 1‒351.
2.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 Tony DiTerlizzi on 20 October, 2004 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2014 - 8:35am

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