Syritta pipiens

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 594 meters (0 to 1,949 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Syritta

There are approximately 42 species in this genus:

S. abyssinica · S. aculeipes · S. aenigmatopatria · S. amboinensis · S. americana · S. armipes · S. austeni · S. bulbulus · S. bulbus · S. capitatus · S. decora · S. dilatata · S. fasciata · S. flavipicta · S. flaviventris · S. hackeri · S. hirta · S. illucida · S. indica · S. lanipes · S. latitarsata · S. leona · S. leucopleura · S. luteinervis · S. maritima · S. mexicana · S. nigrifemorata · S. oceanica · S. orientalis · S. pipiens (Syrphid Fly) · S. pleuritica · S. rufifacies · S. snyderi · S. spinigera · S. spinigerella · S. stigmatica · S. subtilis · S. tanalaorum · S. transversa · S. triangulifera · S. vitripennis · S. vittata

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 19, 2007:

• GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
• Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Diptera dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Lothian Wildlife Information Centre - Lothian Wildlife Information Centre Secret Garden Survey
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2596791
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13284821
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 141419
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654652

Footnotes

1. Mean = 87.540 meters (287.205 feet), Standard Deviation = 99.170 based on 11,975 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30

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