Biology:Xylota flavifrons
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Short description: Species of Syrphid fly
| Xylota flavifrons | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Xylotina |
| Genus: | Xylota |
| Species: | X. flavifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylota flavifrons Walker, 1849[1]
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Xylota flavifrons , (Walker, 1849), the Northern Leafwalker , is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the northeastern United States and all across Canada. Syrphid flies are also known as Hover Flies or Flower Flies because the adults are frequently found hovering around flowers from which they feed on nectar and pollen. Adults are 9.4–14.7 mm (0.37–0.58 in) long. The larvae of this genus live under bark in sap runs.[4]
Distribution
Canada , United States .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
- ↑ Curran, Charles Howard (1941). "New American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 243–304. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/377//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B078a03.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ↑ Loew, H. (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta.". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (1865) 9: 127–186. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8541632#page/149/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America.. ISBN 9780691189406.
Wikidata ☰ Q14331254 entry
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