Dideopsis aegrota
| Dideopsis aegrota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Dideopsis |
| Species: | D. aegrota
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| Binomial name | |
| Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius, 1805)
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Dideopsis aegrota is a species of hover fly in the family Syrphidae. It is found in South Korea, China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal,[1] as well as eastern Australia.[2][3][4]
Description
D. aegrota is a large hover fly. It has dark red eyes and a dark scutum.[4][5] Scutellum yellow and somewhat transparent. Tergite 2 with two yellowish ovals, while T3 and T4 have yellow bands. Fore and mid legs yellow, rear legs black-brown in colour. Wings dark, but with a translucent end, which distinguishes it from other hover flies.[4][5]
References
- ^ Dyola, Urmila; Pandey, Anjeela; Sheikh, Taslima; Subedi, Pradip; Hassan, Muhammed. "An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Journal of Insect Bio.
- ^ "Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius, 1805)". gbif.org.
- ^ "Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius, 1805)". Atlas of Living Australia.
- ^ a b c Choi, Deuk-Soo; Paek, Munki. "Discovery of a Monotypic Genus Dideopsis (Diptera: Syrphidae) in South Korea" (PDF). PNIE.
- ^ a b "Featured insects". databases.nbair.res.in.