Sphaerophoria rueppellii is a European species of hoverfly.[1][2] Larvae are predators of aphids, and the species has been commercialized for biological pest control of aphids. The larvae go through three instars.[3]
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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. rueppellii
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| Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Wiedemann, 1820)
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References
edit- ^ Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- ^ Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
- ^ Orengo-Green, J. J.; Kanturski, M.; Ricarte, A.; Marcos-García, Mª. á. (31 December 2022). "A great little ally: revealing the morphology of the immature stages of the aphid pest predator Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Syrphidae)". The European Zoological Journal. 89 (1): 625–640. doi:10.1080/24750263.2022.2068683.
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