Volucella

Volucella
Volucella pellucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Volucellini
Genus: Volucella
(Geoffroy, 1762)
Species

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Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristas and the face is extended downward.[1] They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumblebees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.[2]

Species

  • Volucella abdominalis Wiedemann, 1830
  • Volucella anastasia Hull, 1946
  • Volucella anna Williston, 1887
  • Volucella apicalis Loew, 1866
  • Volucella apicifera Townsend, 1895
  • Volucella avida Osten Sacken, 1877
  • Volucella barei Curran, 1925
  • Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Volucella comstocki Williston, 1887
  • Volucella dracaena Curran
  • Volucella elegans Loew, 1862
  • Volucella eugenia Williston, 1887
  • Volucella florida Hull, 1941
  • Volucella fraudulenta Williston, 1891
  • Volucella haagii Jaennicke, 1867
  • Volucella inanis (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Volucella inflata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Volucella isabellina Williston, 1887
  • Volucella jeddona Bigot, 1875
  • Volucella linearis Walker, 1849[3]
  • Volucella liquida Erichson in Wagner, 1841
  • Volucella lutzi Curran, 1930
  • Volucella macrocephala Giglio-Tos, 1892
  • Volucella matsumurai Han & Choi, 2001[3]
  • Volucella megacephala Loew, 1863
  • Volucella mexicana Macquart, 1842
  • Volucella nigra Greene, 1923
  • Volucella nigricans Coquillett, 1898
  • Volucella nigropicta Portschinsky, 1884
  • Volucella opalescens Townsend, 1901
  • Volucella pallens Wiedemann, 1830
  • Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Volucella plumatoides Hervé-Bazin, 1923
  • Volucella postica Say, 1829
  • Volucella pusilla Macquart, 1842
  • Volucella quadrata Williston, 1891
  • Volucella satur Osten Sacken, 1877
  • Volucella sternalis Curran, 1930
  • Volucella suzukii Matsumura, 916 [3]
  • Volucella tamaulipana Townsend, 1898
  • Volucella tau Bigot, 1883
  • Volucella tricincta Bigot, 1875
  • Volucella unipunctata Curran, 1926
  • Volucella vesicularia Curran, 1947
  • Volucella victoria Williston, 1887
  • Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761)

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References

  1. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
  2. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ichige, Katsuyoshi. "Japanese Hoverfly photograph collection". Mito-city, Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2009.