Scaeva
Scaeva is a genus of hoverflies.[1] The taxonomy of the genus, and the related genera Simosyrphus and Ischiodon has been discussed by Láska et al. (2006)[2]
| Scaeva | |
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| Scaeva pyrastri male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Scaeva Fabricius, 1805 |
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Biology
Scaeva affinis, common name white-bowed smoothwing, visiting calendula blossom.
- Scaeva albomaculata (Macquart, 1842)
- Scaeva dignota (Rondani, 1857)[3]
- Scaeva latimaculata (Brunetti, 1923)
- Scaeva mecogramma (Bigot, 1860)
- Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scaeva selenitica (Meigen, 1822)
References
- Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- Láska, P., Pérez-Bañon, C., Mazánek, L., Rojo, S., Ståhls, G., Marcos-Garciá, A., Bičík, V. & Dušek, J. (2006). "Taxonomy of the genera Scaeva, Simosyrphus and Ischiodon (Diptera: Syrphidae): Descriptions of immature stages and status of taxa". European Journal of Entomology. 103 (3): 637–655. doi:10.14411/eje.2006.085.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Scaeva dignota (Rondani, (Diptera: Syrphidae), New to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 20 (2): 151–152.
External links
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