Scientific name - Synonyms - Taxonomic position - Diagnosis - Images - Distribution - Prey / Biology - References
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Scientific name |
Eupeodes confrater (Wiedemann)
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Synonyms |
Syrphus confrater Wiedemann, Metasyrphus confrater (Wiedemann)
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Taxonomic position |
Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphini
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Diagnosis |
Metasternum hairy. Abdominal tergite 2 with yellow spots broadly fused. Last pair of femora with broad diagonal brownish annulus, or dark in anterior half. Ventral side of female (Fig.) and male (Fig.) as illustrated.
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Images |
Adult male - Dorsal view
Adult female - Dorsal view
Ventral side of abdominal tip - Female and male
Larva
Pupal case after emergence
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Distribution |
Widely distributed throughout India. Sri Lanka. Pakistan. China. Afghanisthan.
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Prey / Biology |
Feeds on aphids on cotton, wheat, mustard, cabbages, pomegranate, and chrysanthemums (Brunetti, 1923; Ghorpade, 1981). Acyrthosiphon pisum, A. citricola, A. craccivora, A. fabae solanella, A. gossypii, A. rhoicola Hille Ris Lambers, Brachycaudus cardui (L.), Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), Capitophorus carduinus (Walker), Cinara sp., Dysaphis sp. cf. foeniculus (Theobald), Eriosoma lanigera (Hausmann), Lipaphis erysimi, Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette), Mordvilkomemor sp., Myzus ?ornatus Laing, M. persicae (Sulzer), Toxoptera odinae,
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Brunetti, E. 1923. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Diptera: Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae. Volume 3. Taylor and Francis, London. xii+424 p. |
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Ghorpade, K.D. 1981. Insect prey of Syrphidae (Diptera) from India and neighbouring countries: a review and bibliography. Tropical Pest Management 27(1): 62-82. |
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Ghorpade, K.D. 1994. Diagnostic keys to new and known genera and species of Indian subcontinent Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Colemania, 3: 1-15. |
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Vockeroth, J.R. 1969. A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, No. 62, 176 p. |
