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Sphaerophoria rueppellii

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Sphaerophoria rueppellii
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Sphaerophoria
Species:
S. rueppellii
Binomial name
Sphaerophoria rueppellii
(Wiedemann, 1820)
Synonyms

Sphaerophoria rueppellii is a European species of hoverfly.[1][2] Larvae are predators of aphids, and the species has been commercialized for biological pest control of aphids. The larvae go through three instars.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. ^ Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
  3. ^ Orengo-Green, J. J.; Kanturski, M.; Ricarte, A.; Marcos-García, Mª. á. (31 December 2022). "A great little ally: revealing the morphology of the immature stages of the aphid pest predator Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Syrphidae)". The European Zoological Journal. 89 (1): 625–640. doi:10.1080/24750263.2022.2068683.
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