Sphaerophoria scripta

Sphaerophoria scripta
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphaerophoria
Species: S. scripta
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria scripta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Melithreptus dispar Loew, 840
  • Musca invisito Harris, 1780
  • Musca molita Harris, 1780
  • Musca scripta Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphaerophoria dispar (Loew, 1840)
  • Sphaerophoria invisito (Harris, 1780)
  • Sphaerophoria molita (Harris, 1780)
  • Sphaerophoria strigata Staeger, 1845

The Long hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta is a European species of hoverfly.[1] They can complete a full life cycle in as little as sixteen days (egg to egg-laying adult), and a maximum of nine generations may occur in a single year.[2]

Sphaerophoria scripta in copula

References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. ↑ "Hoverflies". Retrieved 2009-12-12.