Sphaerophoria contigua is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a predator of aphids.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerophoria |
| Species: | S. contigua
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerophoria contigua Macquart, 1847
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References
edit- ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Sphaerophoria contigua Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Harris-Cypher, Alina; Roman, Caterina; Higgins, Genevieve; Scheufele, Susan; Legrand, Ana; Wallingford, Anna; Sideman, Rebecca Grube (18 April 2023). "A Field Survey of Syrphid Species and Adult Densities on Annual Flowering Plants in the Northeastern United States". Environmental Entomology. 52 (2): 175–182. doi:10.1093/ee/nvad016.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
- Miranda, G.F.G; Young, A.D.; Locke, M.M.; Marshall, S.A.; et al. (2013). "Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23: 1–351.
- Shorter, D.A.; Drew, W.A. (1976). "Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)". Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 56: 75–94.
External links
edit- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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