Stomorhina

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Stomorhina lunata
Male Stomorhina lunata
Male Stomorhina lunata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Genus: Stomorhina
Róndani, 1861 [1]
Species: S. lunata
Binomial name
Stomorhina lunata
(Fabricius, 1805) [2]
Synonyms

Stomorhina selgae Lehrer, 1979 [3]

Stomorhina lunata is a species of fly in the family Calliphoridae, often misidentified because of the unusual band pattern in the abdomen, typical of hoverflies. S. lunata is an important egg predator of some major African agricultural pests, the South African Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), the more wide-spread Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), and the migratory locust (Locustana migratoria).[4][5][6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Family Calliphoridae. Checklist of the species of the Italian fauna. faunaitalia.it. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
  2. ^ Stomorhina (TSN 151714). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ D. Gonzalez Mora & S. V. Peris (1988). Los Calliphoridae de España, I: Rhiniinae y Chrysomyinae (Diptera) ([dead link] – Scholar search). Eos Madrid 64 (1): 91–139. 
  4. ^ Greathead, D. J.; C. Kooyman, M. H. Launois-Luong, and G. B. Popov (1994). "Les ennemis naturels des criquets du Sahel" (pdf). . Ministère des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas et CIRAD/PRIFAS (France) Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  5. ^ Popov, G. B.; M. H. Launois-Luong, J. van der Weel (1990). "Les oothèques des criquets du Sahel" (pdf). . Ministère des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas et CIRAD/PRIFAS (France) Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  6. ^ Griffiths, Charles; Mike Picker, and Alan Weaving (2005-06-30). Field Guide To Insects Of Southern Africa. South Africa: Struik Publishers, 440. ISBN 978-1770070615. 


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