Volucella
Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristae and the face is extended downward.[2] They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumblebees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.[3]
| Volucella | |
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| Volucella pellucens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Volucellini |
| Genus: | Volucella Geoffroy, 1762 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Macrostoma Swinderen, 1822 | |
Selected species
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Gallery
Volucella bombylans var. bombylans female
Volucella bombylans var. plumata female
Volucella inanis female
Volucella pellucens female
Volucella inflata female
Volucella zonaria female
References
- Evenhuis, Neal L. (2020). "The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano". Zootaxa. 4859 (3): 383–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4.
- Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
- Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- Ichige, Katsuyoshi. "Japanese Hoverfly photograph collection". Mito-city, Japan. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
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