Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 654 meters (0 to 2,146 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex 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
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Syrphus
There are approximately 630 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. abayiecus · S. abbreviatus · S. abdominalis · S. aberrantis · S. acanthodes · S. adligatus · S. admirandus · S. adolescens · S. aegyptius · S. aeneifrons · S. aeneostoma · S. aeneus · S. aeruginosifrons · S. affinis · S. agilis · S. agnon · S. agonis · S. agrolas · S. agrorum · S. ahenea · S. aino · S. albifrons · S. albimanus · S. albipilus · S. albitarsis · S. albomaculatus · S. algirus · S. alpicola · S. alpinus · S. alternans · S. amalopis · S. ambiguus · S. ambulans · S. ambustus · S. americanus · S. amissas · S. amoenus · S. anchoratus · S. angustatus · S. annulatus · S. annulifemur · S. annulipes · S. annulitarsis · S. anthophorinus · S. anthraciformis · S. antiphates · S. antiquus · S. aphidopsidis · S. apiarius · S. apiforme · S. apiformis · S. arcifer · S. arcucinctus · S. arvorum · S. asiaticus · S. asilicus · S. asiliformis · S. assimilis · S. attenuatus · S. auberti · S. auratus · S. auricollis · S. auropulveratus · S. avidus · S. aztec · S. babyssa · S. balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly) · S. balyras · S. barbarus · S. barbulus · S. basalis · S. basilaris · S. bazini · S. beppuensis · S. bicolor · S. bifasciatus · S. bigelowi · S. bilineatus · S. bimaculatus · S. bisinuatus · S. bituberculatus · S. bombiformis · S. bombyliformis · S. borealis · S. bretoletensis · S. brunettii · S. bryantii · S. bucculatus · S. bucephalus · S. calcaratus · S. calceolatus · S. caldus · S. calopoides · S. calopus · S. canadensis · S. canaqueus · S. capensis · S. carinthiacus · S. carpenteri · S. catalina
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
- 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.
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Entomology Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2596792
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13284821
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 140289
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654371
Footnotes
- Mean = 93.240 meters (305.906 feet), Standard Deviation = 103.950 based on 19,379 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
