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Hiatomyia cyanescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Hiatomyia
Species:	H. cyanescens
Binomial name
Hiatomyia cyanescens (Loew 1863)
Synonyms
Chilosia cyanescens Loew, 1863

Hiatomyia cyanescens , the cobalt deltawing, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the northeastern United States. 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.

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.

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