Pipizini | |
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Pipiza quadrimaculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Pipizini |
Genera | |
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The Pipizini is a tribe of small to medium-sized generally black hoverflies though some species have orange spots on the abdomen. [1] This nondescript colouring can lead to some species being confused with other dark hoverflies from other tribes. The lack of a facial knob is a good defining feature which separates them from most of these other hoverflies. As with the Syrphinae the larvae feed on aphids though there seems to be a preference for wax-secreting aphids eg. Pemphigidae.[2][3][4]