Ischiodon scutellaris
| Ischiodon scutellaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Ischiodon |
| Species: | I. scutellaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)
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Ischiodon scutellaris, commonly known as the common hover fly or yellow-shouldered hover fly,[1] is a species of hover fly found in India, Turkey to Japan and Australia, as well as all the Pacific islands except for Hawaii.[2][3]
Larvae feed on aphids, and are considered an effective biological control agent.[4]
Description
Eyes are glabrous, abdomen is flat and slightly convex dorsally.[2] Body length of about 1 cm. Thorax is shiny black, and has a yellow edge to each side.[5] Scutellum yellow, post alar callus black. Legs are mostly orange to yellow, although the coxae and trochanters are black.[3]
Eggs oval and white. Larvae bright green-yellow in colour, with a white stripe running across the body.[2]
References
- ^ "Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)". bie.ala.org.au.
- ^ a b c "Featured insects". databases.nbair.res.in.
- ^ a b "Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius)". www.syrphidae.myspecies.info.
- ^ Venu, H. S.; Udayakumar, Amala; Shivalingaswamy, Timalapur M. (April 2024). "Rearing technique of hover fly, Ischiodon scutellaris, an efficient biological control agent of aphid pests" (PDF). Agri-India Today. Vol. 4, no. 4. pp. 109–110.
- ^ "Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly - Ischiodon scutellaris". www.brisbaneinsects.com.