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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Sericomyiina » Sericomyia » Oblique-banded Pond Fly (Sericomyia chrysotoxoides)

Species Sericomyia chrysotoxoides - Oblique-banded Pond Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Sericomyia chrysotoxoides - male Syrphid - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides - male Is it Sericomyia chrysotoxoides??? - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides - female Syrphid Fly - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Robust Syrphid - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Sericomyiina? - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Maybe Eupeodes? - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Diptera. Syrphidae. Sericomyia - Sericomyia chrysotoxoides
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
Species chrysotoxoides (Oblique-banded Pond Fly)
Explanation of Names
Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Macquart 1842
Identification
similar to the western S. chalcopyga --see discussion
Range
e. NA (LB-ON south to n.GA & IL) + MT-WY(1)
Remarks
the most common species of Sericomyia in the East --Jeff Skevington's comment
See Also
Chrysotoxum have longer antennae
Works Cited
1.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 Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 6:44pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, KenW, zdanko
Last updated 16 May, 2021 - 5:39pm

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