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Myathropa
Sign in to saveMyathropa is a European and North African genus of very common hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. Larvae feed on bacteria in organic waterlogged detritus, often in the shallow rot holes of tree stumps.
Species
Yellow-haired Sun Fly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySyrphidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- USNM, NRM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, NHMUK, MZLU
- Recorded in
- China, India, United States, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom
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Myathropa is a European and North African genus of very common hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. Larvae feed on bacteria in organic waterlogged detritus, often in the shallow rot holes of tree stumps.
==Species== M. florea (Linnaeus, 1758) M. semenovi Smirnov, 1925 M. usta (Wollaston, 1858)
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