Eupeodes
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Eupeodes is a genus of hoverfly
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Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...
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Systematics
Species include:- Eupeodes abberrantis (Curran, 1925)
- Eupeodes abiskoensis (Dusek & Láska, 1973)
- Eupeodes americanusEupeodes americanusThe American hover fly, Eupeodes americanus, is found throughout North America and inhabits meadows, and fields with flowers and foliage. Adult American hover flies feed on nectar, whereas their larva feed on aphids. The adult fly is black to metallic green, and has 3 yellow bands on its abdomen...
(WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1830) - Eupeodes borealis (Dusek & Láska, 1973)
- Eupeodes bucculatus (RóndaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1857) - Eupeodes confertus (Fluke, 1952)
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly. Adults are in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids...
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1794) - Eupeodes curtus (Hine, 1922)
- Eupeodes duseki Mazanek & Bicik, 1999
- Eupeodes flaviceps (RóndaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1857) - Eupeodes flukei (Jones, 1917)
- Eupeodes fumipennis (Thomson, 1869)
- Eupeodes gentneri (Fluke, 1952)
- Eupeodes goeldlini Mazanek Láska & Bicik, 1999
- Eupeodes lambecki (Dusek & Láska, 1973)
- Eupeodes lapponicusEupeodes lapponicusEupeodes lapponicus is a common European species of hoverfly. It is sometimes known as the Lapland syrphid fly....
(ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus is a European species of hoverfly. Adults feed on nectar, larvaa feed on aphids and scale insects....
(MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1829) - Eupeodes lucasi (Garcia & Láska, 1983)
- Eupeodes lundbecki (Soot Ryen, 1946)
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger is a common European species of hoverfly. They are characterized by hook-shaped markings along the center of their abdomen....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Eupeodes montanus (Curran, 1925)
- Eupeodes montivagus (Snow, 1895)
- Eupeodes neoperplexus (Curran, 1925)
- Eupeodes nielseni (Dusek & Láska, 1976)
- Eupeodes nigroventris (Fluke, 1933)
- Eupeodes nitens (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Eupeodes nuba (WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1830) - Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
- Eupeodes pingreensis (Fluke, 1930)
- Eupeodes pomus (Curran, 1921)
- Eupeodes punctifer (FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1934) - Eupeodes rufipunctatus (Curran, 1925)
- Eupeodes sculleni (Fluke, 1952)
- Eupeodes snowi Wehr, 1924
- Eupeodes subsimus (Fluke, 1952)
- Eupeodes talus (Fluke, 1933)
- Eupeodes tirolensis (Dusek & Láska, 1973)
- Eupeodes vandergooti (Dusek & Láska, 1973)
- Eupeodes volucris Osten SackenKarl Robert Osten-SackenBaron Karl-Robert von Osten-Sacken was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877....
, 1877