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Status
Adults infrequently reported in Maryland but can be found in a variety of habitats. Flight time is apparently early May to October (Skevington, 2019).
Description
The only member of its genus in North America, but variable and may constitute a complex of two or three undescribed species (Skevington, 2019).
Relationships
Larvae feed on a variety of aphids.
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/22/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/6/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A female Slender Smoothtail in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/7/2020). Determined by Bill Dean/BugGuide.
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/8/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/4/2021). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/20/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/14/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/6/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail larva in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/15/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Slender Smoothtail in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Slender Smoothtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/3/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Slender Smoothtail in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2021). (c) Jacob Malcom, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA).
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Slender Smoothtail larva in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Source: Wikipedia
Epistrophella emarginata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Epistrophella |
Species: | E. emarginata
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Binomial name | |
Epistrophella emarginata (Say, 1823)
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Epistrophella emarginata is a common North American species of hoverfly.[1] Larvae are aphid predators [2] When laying eggs, the female oviposits on the petioles of a leaf.[3]
Distribution
[edit]- USA: D.C., Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
- Canada: Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
- Central America: Mexico, El Salvador[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Vockeroth, J.R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456. ISBN 0-660-13830-1.
- ^ Heiss, Elizabeth Madeleine (1938). "A classification of the larvae and puparia of the Syrphidae of Illinois exclusive of aquatic forms". Series: Illinois biological monographs. 16: 1–142.
- ^ Almohamad, Raki; Verheggen, François; Haubruge, Eric (2009). "Searching and oviposition behavior of aphidophagous hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): a review". Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement. 13 (3). ISSN 1370-6233. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Epistrophella emarginata (Say, 1823)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-01-02.