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Genus Scaeva

Genus Scaeva includes two species and Scaeva larvae are predators of aphids (Vockeroth 1992).

Identification

They have oval, flattened abdomen with paired pale yellow spots on tergites 2 to 5 (Vockeroth 1992).

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Neoptera Order Diptera Suborder Brachycera Infraorder Muscomorpha Family Syrphidae Subfamily Syrphinae Tribe Syrphini Genus Scaeva Direct Children: Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758) Scaeva selenitica (Meigen, 1822)

Synonym(s)

Catabomba Osten Sacken, 1877
Lasiopthicu Róndani, 1845