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A Black Spur Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/11/2015). Verified by Bill Dean Canada/BugGuide.
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A Black Spur Fly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/11/2015).
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A Black Spur Fly in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/18/2019).
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Black Spur Fly in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) johnbotany, all rights reserved.
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A Black Spur Fly in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Black Spur Fly in Calvert Co., Maryland (4/14/2024). (c) Ron Wertz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Source: Wikipedia
Teuchocnemis lituratus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Milesiini |
Subtribe: | Temnostomina |
Genus: | Teuchocnemis |
Species: | T. lituratus
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Binomial name | |
Teuchocnemis lituratus | |
Synonyms | |
Teuchocnemis lituratus, (Loew, 1863), the Black Spur Fly, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the eastern half of North America. 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 10.5–15.4 mm (0.41–0.61 in)long, black with a yellow scutellum and hind tibia of male with spike. The larvae are unknown.[2][3]
Distribution
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[edit]- ^ a b Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria quarta". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 7: 275–326. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Williston, S.W. (1887). "Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 31: 1–335. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.