Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,207 meters (0 to 3,960 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Panorpida
()
- Order:
Diptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Brachycera
()
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Syrphoidea
()
- Superfamily:
Syrphoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Brachycera
(
- Order:
Diptera
(
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Meigen, J. W. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten
europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann,
Hamm. x
+ 416 pp., pls. 22-32. [1822.09.??], 1822.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eupeodes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. americanus (American Hover Fly)
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Further Reading
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- Meigen, J. W. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm. x + 416 pp., pls. 22-32. [1822.09.??], 1822.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 13, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Diptera dataset
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6668631
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Dip-46014
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1543099
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 140060
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654315
Footnotes
- Mean = 91.340 meters (299.672 feet), Standard Deviation = 91.380 based on 10,156 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
