Dideopsis aegrota

Dideopsis aegrota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Dideopsis
Species:
D. aegrota
Binomial name
Dideopsis aegrota
(Fabricius, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Eristalis aegrotus

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

  1. ^ Dyola, Urmila; Pandey, Anjeela; Sheikh, Taslima; Subedi, Pradip; Hassan, Muhammed. "An updated checklist of the hoverflies of Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Journal of Insect Bio.
  2. ^ "Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius, 1805)". gbif.org.
  3. ^ "Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius, 1805)". Atlas of Living Australia.
  4. ^ a b c Choi, Deuk-Soo; Paek, Munki. "Discovery of a Monotypic Genus Dideopsis (Diptera: Syrphidae) in South Korea" (PDF). PNIE.
  5. ^ a b "Featured insects". databases.nbair.res.in.