Sphegina lobata

Sphegina lobata (Loew 1863), the Yellow-lobed Pufftail, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in notheastern North America. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae found in accumulations of decaying sap under bark, usually in wet situations such as damp, shaded woodland and in partially submerged wood in streams and pools.[3][4][5]

Sphegina lobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Spheginina
Genus: Sphegina
Species:
S. lobata
Binomial name
Sphegina lobata
Loew, 1863[1]
Synonyms

Distribution

Canada, United States

References

  1. Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia". Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 1–55. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18630070104. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. Malloch, John Russell (1922). "Seven new species of the syrphid genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 35: 141–144. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. Rotheray, Graham (1998). "Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): evidence from larval stages". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 127: 1–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01305.x.
  4. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
  5. Coovert, G. A (1977). "The Sphegina species of eastern North America". Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 90: 536–552.


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