Sphaerophoria contigua

Species of fly

Sphaerophoria contigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphaerophoria
Species:
S. contigua
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria contigua
Macquart, 1847

Sphaerophoria contigua is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a predator of aphids.[5]

S. contigua, male

References

  1. ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ^ Harris-Cypher, Alina; Roman, Caterina; Higgins, Genevieve; Scheufele, Susan; Legrand, Ana; Wallingford, Anna; Sideman, Rebecca Grube (18 April 2023). "A Field Survey of Syrphid Species and Adult Densities on Annual Flowering Plants in the Northeastern United States". Environmental Entomology. 52 (2): 175–182. doi:10.1093/ee/nvad016.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
  • Miranda, G.F.G; Young, A.D.; Locke, M.M.; Marshall, S.A.; et al. (2013). "Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23: 1–351.
  • Shorter, D.A.; Drew, W.A. (1976). "Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)". Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 56: 75–94.
  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  • Media related to Sphaerophoria contigua at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Sphaerophoria contigua
  • Wikidata: Q14334523
  • BugGuide: 477068
  • EoL: 750738
  • EPPO: SPHPCO
  • GBIF: 1539167
  • iNaturalist: 335743
  • NatureServe: 2.896405
  • NCBI: 497896
  • Open Tree of Life: 1002743


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