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Genus Temnostoma

Wasp Mimic? - Temnostoma alternans - male - female Syrphid Fly - Temnostoma excentrica Syrphid Fly - Temnostoma excentrica - male wasp mimic syrphid - Temnostoma balyras - male Syrphid 1 - Temnostoma excentrica Temnostoma daochus? - Temnostoma daochus - female Syrphid for ID - Temnostoma alternans - male Temnostoma - female
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 Milesiini
Subtribe Temnostomina
Genus Temnostoma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Temnostoma Lepeletier & Serville 1828
Explanation of Names
From Greek temno cut + soma body (1).
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(2), 5 spp. in ON(3), ~30 total(4)
Range
Holarctic & Oriental(4)
Habitat
Larvae in moist decaying wood(3)
See Also
Meromacrus
Print References
Curran, C.H. (1939). The species of Temnostoma related to bombylans Linné (Syrphidae, Diptera). American Museum Novitates, 1040: 1-3. (Full Text)
Shannon, R. C. (1939). Temnostoma bombylans and related species (Syrphidae, Diptera). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 41(7):215-224 (Full Text)
Internet References
Genus page with links to species info from CanaColl.
Genus page from "Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae"(2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.Syrphidae of Ontario
4.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 January, 2005 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 12 July, 2020 - 12:04am

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