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Heringia elongata

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Species of fly

Heringia elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Pipizinae
Tribe: Pipizini
Genus: Heringia
Species: H. elongata
Binomial name
Heringia elongata
Curran 1921
Synonyms
  • Cnemodon elongata Curran, 1921

Heringia elongata (Curran 1921), the elongate spikeleg, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in mainly eastern North America but scattered across the US Canadian border to the Pacific Coast. 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. Larvae are predators of Eriosoma lanigerum.

References

  1. "Heringia elongata information". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  2. Curran, C. H (1921). "Revision of the Pipiza group of the family Syrphidae (flower-flies) from north of Mexico". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 11: 345–393. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Rotheray, G.E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe" (PDF). Diperists Digest. 9: 155.
  4. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
Taxon identifiers
Heringia elongata


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