Spilomyia sayi
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Milesiini |
Subtribe: | Milesiina |
Genus: | Spilomyia |
Species: | S. sayi
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Binomial name | |
Spilomyia sayi (Goot, 1964)[1]
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Spilomyia sayi is a common species of North American hoverfly. It is a wasp mimic.
Adults are 12–16 millimetres (0.47–0.63 in) long and are seen from June to October in the northern part of their range. Males engage in hilltopping, where they find high ground to await females. Larvae are found in decaying heartwood of deciduous trees.[2]
Distribution[]
References[]
- ^ a b Goot, V.S. van der (1964). "Fluke's catalogue of Neotropical Syrphidae (Insects, Diptera), a critical study with an appendix on new names in Syrphidae" (PDF). Beaufortia. 10: 212–221. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Graham E. Rotheray; Cyrille Dussaix; Maria Angeles Marcos-García & Celeste Pérez-Bañón (2005). "The early stages of three Palaearctic species of saproxylic hoverflies (Syrphidae, Diptera)". Micron. 37 (1): 73–80. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2005.05.003. PMID 16009559.
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Categories:
- Eristalinae
- Diptera of North America
- Insects described in 1964
- Syrphidae stubs