Biology:Arctophila (fly)

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Short description: Subgenus of flies

Arctophila
Arctophila flagrans male dorsal.jpg
Male Sericomyia flagrans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sericomyia
Subgenus: Arctophila
Schiner, 1860

Arctophila is a subgenus of hoverflies, in the genus Sericomyia from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera, comprising several hairy, bee-mimicking species.[1][2]

Species

  • S. bequaerti (Hervé-Bazin, 1913)
  • S. bombiformis (Fallén, 1810)
  • S. flagrans (Osten Sacken, 1875)
  • S. harveyi (Osburn, 1908)
  • S. meyeri (Fluke, 1939)
  • S. superbiens (Müller, 1776)

References

  1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8. 
  2. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1758258 entry