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Chalcosyrphus metallicus

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Species of fly

Chalcosyrphus metallicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Chalcosyrphus
Subgenus: Xylotomima
Species: C. metallicus
Binomial name
Chalcosyrphus metallicus
(Wiedemann, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Xylota althaea Hull, 1943
  • Xylota astarte Hull, 1943
  • Xylota dascon Walker, 1849
  • Xylota metallica Wiedemann, 1830
  • Xylota primavera Hull, 1944
  • Xylota subtropicus Curran, 1925

Chalcosyrphus (Xylotomima) metallicus (Weidemann, 1830), the Yellow-legged Leafwalker, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the southeastern United States. Hoverflies are able to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found around and on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen.

References

  1. ^ Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks (in German). Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz.
  2. Hull, Frank (1943). "Some New American Syrphid Flies". Entomological News. 54: 30.
  3. Hull, Frank (1942). "New Species of American Syrphid Flies". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 38: 50.
  4. Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
  5. Hull, Frank (1941). "Some new syrphid flies from North and South America". Entomological News. 52: 157–163.
  6. Curran, Charles Howard (December 1924). "Contribution to a monograph of the American Syrphidae north of Mexico". The Kansas University Science Bulletin. 15 (1): 7–216. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. 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. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
Taxon identifiers
Chalcosyrphus metallicus


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