Chamaesyrphus
Appearance
Chamaesyrphus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Rhingiini |
Genus: | Chamaesyrphus Mik, 1895 |
Chamaesyrphus is a genus hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[1][2] Small yellow and black flies. Antennae with segment 3 large and almost evenly rounded, the arista only slightly thickened towards base and inserted before the actual anterior dorsal tip of the segment. In contrast to Pelecocera.
Species
[edit]- Chamaesyrphus caledonicus Collin, 1940
- Chamaesyrphus lusitanicus Mik, 1898
- Chamaesyrphus nigricornis Santos Abréu, 1924
- Chamaesyrphus pruinosomaculatus (Strobl, 1906)
- Chamaesyrphus scaevoides (Fallén, 1817)
References
[edit]- ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
External links
[edit]Images representing Chamaesyrphus scaevoides as Pelecocera scaevoides