Temnostoma

Temnostoma
Temnostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Genus: Temnostoma
Le Peletier & Serville, 1828

Temnostoma is a genus of hoverflies.[1] The larvae of some species feed on the wood of deciduous trees.[2][3]

Species

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References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. Krivosheina, M. G (2003). "To biology of flower flies of the genus Temnostoma (Diptera, Syrphidae) with description of larvae in four species". Zoologichesky Zhurnal (in Russian) (Moscow, Russia: Akademia Nauk SSSR) 82 (1): 44–51. ISSN 0044-5134.
  3. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  4. Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

See also

The Ecology of Commanster