Heringia or the Smoothleg fly is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. The species are distributed in North America and Europe [2] Larvae are predatory upon Schizoneura aphids on Ulmus and Pemphigus aphids on Populus, Dreyjusia piceae on Abies and Eriosoma lanigerum on Malus. [3]
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| Heringia brevidens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Syrphoidea |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipizinae |
| Tribe: | Pipizini |
| Genus: | Heringia Rondani, 1856[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pipiza heringi Zetterstedt, 1843
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Description
editFor terminology see Speight key to genera and glossary Archived 2023-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Another genus of LBFs (little black flies) Females can not be identified to species
The eyes and face of this genus are densely pilose. The straight face and evenly rounded oral margin are also noticeable, with the frontal prominence very short. The face is black, with the front slightly swollen, and the antennae are short in males and long in females. The thorax is heavily pilose, with a ventral scutellar fringe present, and the anterior anepisternum is bare, (pilose in Trichopsomyia). The fourth sternite of the male is as long as its tergite. Vein R4+5 is straight or nearly so, not strongly dipped or with a spur into cell r4+5. The fore and mid femora have no distinct spines or spurs, the hind trochanter has no ventral spur, and the mesocoxa is without a spur. [4] [5]
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Species
edit- H. adpropinquans (Becker, 1908)
- H. albipleura (Curran, 1921)
- H. auripleura (Curran, 1921)
- H. brevidens (Egger, 1865)
- H. calcarata Loew, 1866
- H. californica (Davidson, 1917)
- H. canadensis Curran, 1921
- H. carinata (Curran, 1921)
- H. cevelata (Curran, 1921)
- H. comutata Curran, 1921
- H. corvallis (Curran, 1921)
- H. coxalis (Curran, 1921)
- H. elongata (Curran, 1921)
- H. fulvimanus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
- H. heringi (Zetterstedt, 1843)
- H. hispanica (Strobl, 1909)
- H. intensica Curran, 1921
- H. intermedia (Curran, 1921)
- H. larusi Vujic, 1999
- H. latitarsis (Egger, 1865)
- H. longiseta (Curran, 1921)
- H. lovetti (Curran, 1921)
- H. myerma (Curran, 1921)
- H. nigricornis (Curran, 1922)
- H. nudifrons (Curran, 1921)
- H. ontarioensis (Curran, 1921)
- H. pisticoides (Williston, 1887)
- H. placida (Curran, 1921)
- H. pubescens (Delucchi & Pschorn-Walcher, 1955)
- H. rita (Curran, 1921)
- H. salax (Loew, 1866)
- H. senilis Sack, 1938
- H. sinuosa (Curran, 1921)
- H. squamulae (Curran, 1921)
- H. trochanterata (Malloch, 1918)
- H. unicolor (Curran, 1921)
- H. venteris (Curran, 1921)
- H. verrucula (Collin, 1931)
- H. vitripennis (Meigen, 1822)[8]
References
edit- ^ Rondani, Camillo (1956). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2] pp.
- ^ " Heringia genus information". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ Rotheray, G.E. (1993). "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe" (PDF). Diperists Digest. 9: 155.
- ^ Vockeroth, J.R. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2 (PDF). Canada: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. p. 668. ISBN 0-660-12125-5.
- ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
- ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
- ^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.