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Trichopsomyia

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Syrphidae

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Genus

Class
  
Subfamily
  
Eristalinae

Phylum
  
Order
  
Fly

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Fly, Heringia, Pipizella, Orthonevra, Lejogaster

Trichopsomyia is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae (flower flies), in the order Diptera.

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Biology

Hover flies like the Trichopsomyia are small flies with large heads and eyes, and small antennae. Their bodies are medium to slender, with a waist that is not significantly narrow, unless it is a wasp mimicking species. They have one pair of clear wings, and the banded forms have yellow and black bands. Hoverflies resemble wasps or bees because of their black and yellow-striped abdomens. However, they are actually members of a fly family that have evolved to mimic wasps and bees for protection.

Hoverfly larvae are flattened, legless and maggot-like. Most are green or brown in colour. They are carnivorous and eat aphids.

Species

  • T. apisaon Walker, 1849
  • T. australis (Johnson, 1907)
  • T. flavitarsis (Meigen, 1822)
  • T. joratensis Goeldlin, 1997
  • T. litoralis Vockeroth, 1988
  • T. lucida (Meigen, 1822)
  • T. nigritarsis (Curran, 1924)
  • T. occidentalis (Townsend, 1897)
  • T. pubescens (Loew, 1863)
  • T. recedens (Walker, 1852)
  • T. rufithoracica (Curran, 1921)
  • T. similis (Curran, 1924)
  • References

    Trichopsomyia Wikipedia


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