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Omegasyrphus coarctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Omegasyrphus
Species:	O. coarctatus
Binomial name
Omegasyrphus coarctatus (Loew, 1864)
Synonyms
Microdon coarctatus Loew, 1864

Omegasyrphus coarctatus , the orange-legged ant fly, is a rare species of syrphid fly observed across the United States. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers except Microdon species are seldom observed around flowers. Larvae have been found in the nests of the ant species Monomorium minutum and Aphaenogaster fulva

References

1. "Omegasyrphus coarctatus". Syrphidae Community Website. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
2. Greene, Charles (923). "A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIOLOGY OF N. A. DIPTERA". Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 25: 84–89.
3. Curran, Charles Howard (1925). ""Contribution to a monograph of the American Syrphidae north of Mexico"". The Kansas University Science Bulletin. 15: 7–216.
4. Thompson, F.C (1981). "Revisionary notes on Nearctic Microdon flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 83. Washington D.C.: Allen Press: 725–758. ISSN 0013-8797.
5. Loew, H. (1864). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria quinta". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 8: 49–104. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18640080105. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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