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Genus Sphaerophoria
Genus Sphaerophoria includes 14 species and their larvae are predators of aphids (Vockeroth 1992).
Identification
Species of genus Sphaerophoria are small to medium size flies with bright yellow markings on head, thorax and abdomen.
There are some entirely black species also. Also their body is longer than wings (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 Sphaerophoria
Direct Children:
Sphaerophoria abbreviata Zetterstedt, 1849
Sphaerophoria asymmetrica Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria bifurcata Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria brevipilosa Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria cleoae Metcalf, 1917
Sphaerophoria contigua Macquart, 1847
Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis Curran, 1921
Sphaerophoria longipilosa Knutson, 1973
Sphaerophoria novaeangliae Johnson, 1916
Sphaerophoria philanthus Meigen
Sphaerophoria pyrrhina Bigot, 1884
Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes (Thomson, 1869)
Sphaerophoria weemsi Knutson, 1973