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Hiatomyia gemini

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Species of insect

Hiatomyia gemini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Hiatomyia
Species: H. gemini
Binomial name
Hiatomyia gemini
(Shannon, 1922)

Hiatomyia cyanea, the mountain deltawing, is a rare species of syrphid fly observed in the northwestern 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. 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.
  2. "Hiatomyia cyanea information". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
Taxon identifiers
Hiatomyia gemini


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