Blera armillata
Blera armillata , the Orange-faced Wood Fly, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly first officially described by Osten Sacken in 1875 [1] Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight The adults, also know as flower flies for they are commonly found around and on flowers from which they get both enegy-giving nectar and protein rich pollen. The larvae are of the rat-tailed type feeding on exuding sap or in the rot holes of trees. [4]
| Blera armillata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Genus: | Blera |
| Species: | B. armillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Blera armillata (Osten Sacken, 1875)[1] | |
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Distribution
References
- Osten Sacken, Karl Robert (1875). "A list of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 3: 38–71. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- Curran, Charles Howard (1925). "Contribution to a monograph of the American Syrphidae north of Mexico". The Kansas University science bulletin. (1924) 15: 7–216, 12 pls. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- Curran, Charles Howard (1953). "Notes and descriptions of some Mydaidae and Syrphidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 1645: 1–15.
- Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
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