Asemosyrphus

Genus of flies

Asemosyrphus
Asemosyrphus polygrammus, common sickleleg, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Helophilina
Genus: Asemosyrphus
Bigot, 1882

Asemosyrphus is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. There are three described species in Asemosyrphus. They were formerly members of the genus Lejops.[1][2]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Asemosyrphus:

  • Asemosyrphus arquatus (Say, 1829)
  • Asemosyrphus mexicanus (Macquart, 1842) (southern sickleleg)
  • Asemosyrphus polygrammus (Loew, 1872) (common sickleleg)

References

  1. ^ "Asemosyrphus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
Taxon identifiers
Asemosyrphus


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