| Syrphinae | |
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| Scaeva pyrastri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae Leach, 1815 |
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The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.
Gallery
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Melanostoma sp.
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Platycheirus albimanus (male)
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Ocyptamus fuscipennis
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Sphaerophoria sp. (female)
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Syrphus sp. (male)
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Toxomerus marginatus
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Larva of Syrphus sp. feeding on aphids
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Puparium of Eupeodes americanus
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References
- Bugguide,net Subfamily Syrphinae
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society The phylogeny and systematics of European predacious Syrphidae (Diptera) based on larval and puparial stages
- Annual Review of Entomology Bionomics and Physiology of Aphidophagous Syrphidae
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| Syrphinae | |
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