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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)