Criorhina nigripes
| Criorhina nigripes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Criorhinina |
| Genus: | Criorhina |
| Species: | C. nigripes
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| Binomial name | |
| Criorhina nigripes | |
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Criorhina nigripes is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. It was first described by the American entomologist Samuel Wendell Williston in 1882 under the genus Brachymyia.[1][2]
Description
In the original description, the female was characterised as having the sides of the face covered with yellowish pollen, with a shining black median stripe and black cheeks. The thorax was described as black with fulvous pile across the front and lighter yellow, bushier pile on the posterior angles. The abdomen was short, broad and arched, black and shining, with dense yellow pile on the lateral portions of the second to fifth segments. The legs were entirely black, and the wings were hyaline, slightly shaded near the tip.[1]
Distribution
The species was originally described from a series of five specimens collected in California, United States.[1] It is known from Canada and the United States.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Williston, Samuel W. (1882). "New or little known genera of North American Syrphidae". The Canadian entomologist. 14. Entomological Society of Canada [etc.]: 77--80. doi:10.4039/Ent1477-4.
- ^ a b Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 14 March 2026.