Biology:Polybiomyia

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Polybiomyia
Polybiomyia engelhardti 1.jpg
Polybiomyia engelhardti missing antennae
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Polybiomyia

Shannon, 1925

Polybiomyia is a genus of hoverfly.[1]

Systematics

Species include:

  • Polybiomyia ablepta (Riek, 1954) [2]
  • Polybiomyia arietis (Loew, 1853)
  • Polybiomyia bassleri (Curran, 1941) [3]
  • Polybiomyia bellardii (Shannon, 1925)
  • Polybiomyia bequaerti (Curran, 1938)
  • Polybiomyia bolivari (Thompson & Wyatt, 2015)
  • Polybiomyia divisa (Walker, 1857)
  • Polybiomyia engelhardti (Shannon, 1925)
  • Polybiomyia lyncharribalzagai (Shannon, 1927)
  • Polybiomyia macquarti (Shannon, 1925)
  • Polybiomyia nigra (Bigot, 1884)
  • Polybiomyia odontomera (Curran, 1941) [3]
  • Polybiomyia pedicellata (Williston, 1887)
  • Polybiomyia plaumanni (Curran, 1941) [3]
  • Polybiomyia rufibasis (Bigot, 1884)
  • Polybiomyia sayi (Shannon, 1925)
  • Polybiomyia schnablei (Williston, 1892)
  • Polybiomyia schwarzi (Shannon, 1925)
  • Polybiomyia signifera (Loew, 1853)
  • Polybiomyia townsendi (Snow, 1895)
  • Polybiomyia travassosi (Lane & Carrera, 1943)


Genus frontal prominence abdominal segment 1 abdominal segment two constriction abdominal segment 2 length paraface other
Ceriana as long as scape same size as segment 2 not constricted wider than long very short paraface looping in third vein R4+5 with spur branch projecting into cell r4+5
Monoceromyia as long as scape wider than segment 2 strongly constricted longer than wide loop of vein R4+5 without Spur branch
Polybiomyia absent or very short shorter than segment 2 strongly constricted longer than wide vein R4+5 not looping
Primocerioides shorter than scape not constricted wider than long long paraface and large anterior tentorial pit eyes and face pilose, vein R4+5 straight
Sphiximorpha shorter than scape wider than 2 slightly constricted anteriomedially longer than wide long paraface and large or deep anterior tentorial pit. Facial tubercle weak to nearly absent. vein R4+5 not looping.

References

  1. Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M. A., Rotheray, G. E. & Hancock, E. G. (2007). The Early Stages and Breeding Sites of 10 Cerioidini Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(6):914-924 doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[914:TESABS]2.0.CO;2
  2. Riek, EF (1954). "The Australian syrphid flies of the subfamily cerioidinae (Diptera: Syrphidae): Systematics and wing folding.". Australian Journal of Zoology 2 (1): 100–130. doi:10.1071/ZO9540100. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Curran, C.H (1941). "New American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 243–304. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstreams/d57452bc-3197-4387-8fc0-2be9d6415996/download. 

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