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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Volucellini » Copestylum » Copestylum apiciferum

Species Copestylum apiciferum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Brittlebush Fly - Copestylum apiciferum - female Copestylum apiciferum - female Copestylum apiciferum - female Big-faced Syrphid Fly - Copestylum apiciferum - female Fly - Copestylum apiciferum - female Copestylum apiciferum Copestylum apiciferum - male Yellow-faced Fly - Copestylum apiciferum
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 Volucellini
Genus Copestylum
Species apiciferum (Copestylum apiciferum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Volucella apicifera Townsend 1895, Volucella clarki Curran 1930
Explanation of Names
Copestylum (Phalacromya) apiciferum (Townsend 1895)
Range
CA-AZ, Mexico(1)
Print References
Townsend C.H.T. (1895) Contributions to the dipterology of North America. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 22: 33-55 (see pp. 40-41)
Curran C.H. (1930) New species of Volucellinae from America (Syrphidae, Diptera). American Museum Novitates 413: 1-23.
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 7 November, 2006 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2014 - 11:23am

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