Sphaerophoria
Encyclopedia
Sphaerophoria is a genus
of hoverflies
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hoverflies
Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...
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Species
- Sphaerophoria abbreviata ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1849 - Sphaerophoria asymmetrica Knutson, 1973
- Sphaerophoria bankowskae Goeldlin, 1989
- Sphaerophoria batava Goeldlin, 1974
- Sphaerophoria bifurcata Knutson, 1973
- Sphaerophoria boreoalpina Goeldlin, 1989
- Sphaerophoria brevipilosa Knutson, 1973
- Sphaerophoria chongjini Bankowska, 1964
- Sphaerophoria cleoae Metcalf, 1917
- Sphaerophoria contiqua MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1847 - Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis Curran, 1921
- Sphaerophoria estebani Goeldlin, 1991
- Sphaerophoria fatarumSphaerophoria fatarumSphaerophoria fatarum is a European species of hoverfly....
Goeldlin, 1989 - Sphaerophoria indiana BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1884 - Sphaerophoria infuscata Goeldlin, 1974
- Sphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interruptaSphaerophoria interrupta is a European species of hoverfly....
(Fabricius ,1805) - Sphaerophoria kaa Violovitsh, 1960
- Sphaerophoria laurae Goeldlin, 1989
- Sphaerophoria loewi ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843 - Sphaerophoria longipilosa Knutson, 1973
- Sphaerophoria macrogaster (Thomson, 1869)
- Sphaerophoria menthastri (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...
) - Sphaerophoria nigra FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1945 - Sphaerophoria novaeangliae Johnson, 1916
- Sphaerophoria philantha (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Sphaerophoria philanthus (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Sphaerophoria pictipes BohemanCarl Henrik BohemanCarl Henrik Boheman was a Swedish entomologist.Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814...
, 1863 - Sphaerophoria potentillae Claussen, 1984
- Sphaerophoria pyrrhina BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1884 - Sphaerophoria rueppelli (WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1830) - Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta is a European species of hoverfly. They can complete a full life cycle in as little as sixteen days , and a maximum of nine generations may occur in a single year....
(LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...
) - Sphaerophoria shirchan Violovitsh, 1957
- Sphaerophoria sulphuripes (Thomson, 1869)
- Sphaerophoria taeniata (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Sphaerophoria turkmenica Bankowska, 1964
- Sphaerophoria tuvinica Violovitsh, 1966
- Sphaerophoria virgata Goeldlin, 1974
- Sphaerophoria viridaenea Brunnetti, 1915
- Sphaerophoria weemsi Knutson, 1973