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Fabricius, 1805
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Genus: Scaeva
Scaeva pyrastri
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Sphaerophoria philanthus
Genus: Syrphus
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Syrphus rectus
Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus vitripennis
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Genus
Scaeva
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Genus
Scaeva
includes two species and
Scaeva
larvae are predators of aphids (Vockeroth 1992).
Identification
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They have oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow spots on tergites 2 to 5 (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
Scaeva
Direct Children:
Scaeva pyrastri
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Scaeva selenitica
(Meigen, 1822)
Synonym(s)
Catabomba
Osten Sacken, 1877
Lasiopthicu
Róndani, 1845