Sericomyia

Sericomyia
male Sericomyia silentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Sericomyiini
Genus:	Sericomyia Meigen, 1803
Synonyms
Cinxia Meigen, 1800 Sericomyza Zetterstedt, 1838

Sericomyia is a genus of large Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.^[1][2]

Species

Subgenus: Sericomyia Sericomyia arctica Schirmer, 1913 Sericomyia bifasciata Williston, 1887 Sericomyia carolinensis (Metcalf, 1917) Sericomyia chalcopyga Loew, 1863 Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Macquart, 1842 Sericomyia dux (Stackelberg, 1930)[3] Sericomyia hispanica Peris Torres, 1962 Sericomyia jakutica (Stackelberg, 1927) Sericomyia lappona (Linnaeus, 1758) Sericomyia lata (Coquillett, 1907) Sericomyia militaris Walker, 1849 Sericomyia nigra Portschinsky, 1873 Sericomyia sachalinica Stackelberg, 1926[3] Sericomyia sexfasciata Walker, 1849 Sericomyia silentis (Harris, 1776) Sericomyia slossonae Curran, 1934 Sericomyia transversa (Osburn, 1926)

Subgenus: Arctophila Sericomyia bequaerti (Hervé-Bazin, 1913) Sericomyia bombiformis (Fallén, 1810) Sericomyia flagrans (Osten-Sacken, 1875) Sericomyia harveyi (Osburn, 1908) Sericomyia meyeri (Fluke, 1939) Sericomyia superbiens (Müller, 1776)

Subgenus: Conosyrphus Sericomyia tolli (Frey, 1915)

Gallery

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  Sericomyia chrysotoxoides female
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  Sericomyia flagrans male
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  Sericomyia lappona female
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  Sericomyia militaris female
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  Sericomyia silentis female
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  Sericomyia superbiens female

References

1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
2. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
3. Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.