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Genus Eupeodes
The species of this genus show unusual amount of intraspecific variation in color of head and legs. Most of them are multivoltne and Eupeodes larvae consider as predators of aphids (Vockeroth 1992).
Identification
Some dorsal abdominal patterns of Eupeodes species
They have strongly margined, oval shaped abdomen with prominent paired yellow spots or cross bands. These yellow markings do not extend to the
edge of the abdominal tergites (Fluke 1952).
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 Eupeodes
Direct Children:
Eupeodes abberrantis (Curran, 1925)
Eupeodes americanus (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Eupeodes confertus (Fluke, 1952)
Eupeodes curtus (Hine, 1922)
Eupeodes flukei (Jones, 1917)
Eupeodes fumipennis (Thomson, 1869)
Eupeodes gentneri (Fluke, 1952)
Eupeodes lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Eupeodes latifasciatus (Macquart, 1829)
Eupeodes luniger (Meigen, 1822)
Eupeodes montanus (Curran, 1925)
Eupeodes montivagus (Snow, 1895)
Eupeodes neoperplexus (Curran, 1925)
Eupeodes nigroventris (Fluke, 1933)
Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
Eupeodes pingreensis (Fluke, 1930)
Eupeodes pomus (Curran, 1921)
Eupeodes rufipunctatus (Curran, 1925)
Eupeodes sculleni (Fluke, 1952)
Eupeodes snowi Wehr
Eupeodes subsimus (Fluke, 1952)
Eupeodes talus (Fluke, 1933)
Eupeodes volucris Osten Sacken, 1877