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Genus
Sphaerophoria
Genus
Sphaerophoria
includes 14 species and their larvae are predators of aphids (Vockeroth 1992).
Identification
Species of genus
Sphaerophoria
are small to medium size flies with bright yellow markings on head, thorax and abdomen.
There are some entirely black species also. Also their body is longer than wings (Vockeroth 1992).
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Hexapoda
Class
Insecta
Subclass
Pterygota
Infraclass
Neoptera
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Infraorder
Muscomorpha
Family
Syrphidae
Subfamily
Syrphinae
Tribe
Syrphini
Genus
Sphaerophoria
Direct Children:
Sphaerophoria abbreviata
Zetterstedt, 1849
Sphaerophoria asymmetrica
Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria bifurcata
Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria brevipilosa
Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria cleoae
Metcalf, 1917
Sphaerophoria contigua
Macquart, 1847
Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis
Curran, 1921
Sphaerophoria longipilosa
Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria novaeangliae
Johnson, 1916
Sphaerophoria philanthus
Meigen
Sphaerophoria pyrrhina
Bigot, 1884
Sphaerophoria scripta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
(Thomson, 1869)
Sphaerophoria weemsi
Knutson, 1973
