Biology:Milesia virginiensis
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Short description: Species of fly
| Milesia virginiensis | |
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| Milesia virginiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Milesiina |
| Genus: | Milesia |
| Species: | M. virginiensis
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| Milesia virginiensis (Drury, 1773)[1]
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Milesia virginiensis, known generally as the yellowjacket hover fly or Virginia flower fly, is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.[6]
It measures 18-21 mm. It lives in forest edges and meadows. Adults are active mid summer to early fall.
Distribution
United States , Ontario Canada . Mexico
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Drury, Dru (1773). Illustrations of natural history... Vol. 1, , 4 figs., [1770.04.23]; vol. 2, vii + 90 pp., 50 pls., and index to Vols. 1-2 (4 unnumbered pages). London: sold by White, Printed for the author. pp. xxviii + 130 pp. 50 pls..
- ↑ Hausmann, J.F.L. (1799). Entomologische Bemerkungen. Braunschweig. pp. 64.
- ↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i-xiv, 1–373. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53432#page/9/mode/1up. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ Macquart, P.J.M. (1850). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille 1849: 309-479, pls. 1-14. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53388#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ↑ Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1884). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 22e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2e partie). espèces nouvelles, No 1er". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 (6): 315–356. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32548743#page/319/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10793777 entry
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