Hiatomyia cyanescens
Appearance
Hiatomyia cyanescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Hiatomyia |
Species: | H. cyanescens
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Binomial name | |
Hiatomyia cyanescens (Loew 1863)
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Hiatomyia cyanescens ,[1] the cobalt deltawing, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the northeastern United States.[2] 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. The larvae are unknown.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria qu". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 7: 309.
- ^ Hull, Frank Montgomery (1950). "The genus Cheilosia Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae). The subgenera Cheilosia and Hiatomyia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 94: 299–402. hdl:2246/1001.
- ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.