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Sphaerophoria
Sign in to saveSphaerophoria is a genus of hoverflies. They occur worldwide but are common in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, with over 70 described species.
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Vinony's link graph records 23 inbound references to Sphaerophoria, and connects out to Animalia, insect and Carl Linnaeus.
Vinony files it under Flies of Africa, Flies of North America and Hoverfly genera.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySyrphidae
Sphaerophoria es un género de moscas sírfidas. Las larvas se alimentan de pulgones, al igual que otros miembros de la subfamilia Syrphinae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,804
- With media
- 3,599
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sphaerophoria
- taxon common name
- kulehalefluer
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Diagnostics
- Species
- Subgenus ''[[Exallandra]]''
- Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
- Subgenus ''Sphaerophoria''
- References
Sphaerophoria is a genus of hoverflies. They occur worldwide but are common in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, with over 70 described species.
==Description== Species slender 5.6-12mm long with extremely large hemispherical male terminalia, after which the common name globetail was created. There are bright yellow markings on head and thorax and usually on the abdomen but some species have a black abdomen.
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