Brachyopa cynops
Brachyopa cynops the Matt-tailed Sapeater is a rare species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. It has been collected in Colorado. The larvae and biology are unknown. [2]
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| Brachyopa cynops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Brachyopini |
| Subtribe: | Brachyopina |
| Genus: | Brachyopa |
| Species: | B. cynops |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyopa cynops Snow, 1892[1] | |
Description
- Size
- Length 5 mm
- Head
- The frons has a shining light yellow-brown ground color shows just above the antennae and with pale pollinose areas and dark to the ocelli. The Face has a shining light yellow -brown ground color in a stripe on the cheeks, extending from the eye to the mouth opening The antennae is light brown with short scape, and pedicle and a flagellum that is twice as long as wide. The eyes are bare. The rear margin is nearly straight from the middle to the rounded bottom. The occiput is a large brown area behind eye and black at the apex.
- Thorax
- Mesonotum and pale yellow-brown covered with grayish pollen The anterior with two linear blackish stripes The scutellum is light brown, with yellowish pollen The pleurae are yellow-brown and covered with a grayish pollen.
- Wings
- The wings are mostly hyaline, but distinctly clouded at the anterior cross-veins, plus on the veins at the anterior outer corner of the discal cell and on the fourth vein (M). The posterior cross-vein is about as long as the ultimate section of the fourth vein (M).
- Legs
- All femurs are dark brown, as is the hind tibia. Tarsi are yellow-brown
- Abdomen
- The abdomen is slightly longer than broad, mostly dark brown to black with yellowish gray pollen. The second segment has a circular brown spot on the anterior corners. Segments three and four are marked with similar elliptical spots, and, with a triangular spot on the central front edge. On segment five are two small spots.[1]
References
- Snow, W.A. (1892). "Notes and descriptions of Syrphidae". The Kansas University Quarterly. 1: 33–38, 1 pl.
- Curran, Howard (1922). "The Syrphid Genera Hammerschmidtia and Brachyopa in Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 15: 239–255.
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