Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875
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Identification
Yellow face with bare eyes, yellow bands of 3rd and 4th targa reaching margins over more of their length,
and hind femur black on about basal two-thirds in male and yellow in females.
Syrphus rectus can be confused with male S. vitripennis (Vockeroth, J.R. 1992).
Length: 7.2-10.3 mm (Vockeroth 1992)
Biology
Larvae of Syrphus rectus feed on several species of aphids (Heiss, 1938)
Distribution
Central and Eastern Canada , South to Colorado, Texas, Mississippi, and North Carolina (Vockeroth, J.R. 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 Syrphus
Species
Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875