Syrphinae
Subfamily of flies
Syrphinae | |
---|---|
Scaeva pyrastri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae Leach, 1815 |
Tribes | |
|
The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.[1]
Gallery
- Melanostoma sp.
- Platycheirus albimanus (male)
- Ocyptamus fuscipennis
- Sphaerophoria sp. (female)
- Syrphus sp. (male)
- Toxomerus marginatus
- Larva of Syrphus sp. feeding on aphids
-
References
- ^ "Subfamily Syrphinae".
- Bugguide,net Subfamily Syrphinae
- [1] Encyclopedia of Life
- Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society The phylogeny and systematics of European predacious Syrphidae (Diptera) based on larval and puparial stages
- Annual Review of Entomology Bionomics and Physiology of Aphidophagous Syrphidae
- v
- t
- e