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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Rhingiini » Cheilosiina » Ferdinandea

Genus Ferdinandea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
I'm Stumped with this one! - Ferdinandea croesus - male Syrphid Fly - Ferdinandea - female Ferdinandea croesus - male Syrphid Fly - Ferdinandea buccata Syrphid Fly - Ferdinandea croesus Fly on Amelanchier blossom - Ferdinandea buccata 9051806 Syrph - Ferdinandea buccata syrphid - Ferdinandea buccata
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 Rhingiini
Subtribe Cheilosiina
Genus Ferdinandea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrysochlamys Róndani 1856 [means 'golden mantle'(1)]
Explanation of Names
Ferdinandea Róndani 1844
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(2)
Identification
see(3)
Food
Larvae feed on sap at tree wounds on Aesculus, Acer, Populus, etc.(1)
Print References
Shannon R.C. (1924) North American species of Ferdinandea (Diptera:Syrphidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash 26: 214-215. (Full text)
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.The Flies of Western North America
Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger. 1969. University of California Press.
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.
3.The genus Ferdinandea Rondani
Hull F.M. 1942. Wash. Acad. Sci. J. 32: 239-241.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 14 December, 2006 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2014 - 11:05am

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