Biology:Pipiza puella

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Short description: Species of fly

Pipiza puella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Pipizinae
Tribe: Pipizini
Genus: Pipiza
Species:
P. puella
Binomial name
Pipiza puella
Williston, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Pipiza nigrotibiata Curran, 1924
  • Pipiza severnensis Curran, 1921

Pipiza puella,[2] the sumac gall pithead, is a species of syrphid fly observed in eastern and Central United States, Canada and Norway. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein rich pollen. Larvae when known are aphid predators.[3][4]

References

  1. "Pipiza puella information". https://www.gbif.org/species/1536314. Retrieved 2021-07-11. 
  2. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Williston, S.W. (1887). "Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 31: 1–335. https://books.google.com/books?id=7i4oAAAAYAAJ. 
  3. Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America.. ISBN 9780691189406. 
  4. Rotheray, G.E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe". Diperists Digest 9: 155. https://diptera.info/downloads/df_1_9_Colour_Guide_to%20Hoverfly_Larvae.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14287363 entry