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Sphaerophoria rueppellii

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Species of fly

Sphaerophoria rueppellii
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphaerophoria
Species: S. rueppellii
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria rueppellii
(Wiedemann, 1820)
Synonyms

Sphaerophoria rueppellii is a European species of hoverfly. Larvae are predators of aphids, and the species has been commercialized for biological pest control of aphids. The larvae go through three instars.

References

  1. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Sphaerophoria rueppelli
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