Sphegina flavomaculata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Brachyopini |
| Subtribe: | Spheginina |
| Genus: | Sphegina |
| Species: | S. flavomaculata
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| Sphegina flavomaculata | |
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Sphegina flavomaculata (Malloch 1922), the Tooth-legged Pufftail, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the northeastern United States. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae found in accumulations of decaying sap under bark, usually in wet situations such as damp, shaded woodland and in partially submerged wood in streams and pools.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Malloch, John Russell (1922). "Seven new species of the syrphid genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 35. Biological Society of Washington: 141–144. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Hull, F.M. (1935). "Descriptions of new species of the genus Sphegina with a key to those known from North America (Syrphidae: Diptera)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 61: 373–382, 1 pl.
- ^ Rotheray, Graham (1998). "Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): evidence from larval stages". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 127: 1–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01305.x.
- ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
- ^ Coovert, G. A (1977). "The Sphegina species of eastern North America". Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 90: 536–552.
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