Biology:Hadromyia aldrichi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Xylotina |
| Genus: | Hadromyia |
| Subgenus: | Chrysosomidia |
| Species: | H. aldrichi
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| Hadromyia aldrichi (Shannon, 1916)[1]
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Hadromyia aldrichi is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.[2]
Description
"Very similar to opacus but more robust, head obviously broader than high; abdomen brilliant bronze, with the pile more golden. "
"Female: Frons depressed, dull aeneous black, somewhat reddish above antennae, with dark brown pile and very narrow whitish pollinose stripes along eyes. Dorsum of thorax sub-shining black, with dark brown pile; meso-pleurae with rather long golden pile; posterior margin of scutellum and post-alar calli with yellow pile. Abdomen banded similarly to opacus. Fore femora dark on outer side, yellow on inner side; middle femora al- most entirely yellow; hind femora yellow, a dark band around the middle; the rest of legs yellow, except the last two joints of all the tarsi. Wings infuscated anteriorly, darkest along the veins. Length: Body about 12- 14 mm., wing 11-12 mm. " from original description [1]
The male genitalia were figured by Metcalf. [3]
Distribution
Canada , United States .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1916). "Notes on some genera of Syrphidae with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 18: 101-113. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2570915#page/119/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
- ↑ Metcalf, C.L. (1921). "The Genitalia of Male Syrphidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 14: 169-266. https://www.biodaiversitylibrary.org/page/11917953#page/189/mode/1up. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Wikidata ☰ Q14350666 entry
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