Pipiza is a genus Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Most are dark hoverflies.[3][4]

Pipiza
Pipiza quadrimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Pipizinae
Tribe: Pipizini
Genus: Pipiza
Fallén, 1810
Type species
Musca noctiluca
Synonyms[1]
  • Nycteria Swinderen, 1822
  • Cryptopipiza Mutin, 1998[2]

Biology

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Larvae are feeders on gall forming aphids.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ 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. PMID 33056189. S2CID 222821852.
  2. ^ Mutin, V.A. (1998). "Cryptopipiza, nom. n., new name for the genus Pseudopipiza Violovitsh (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterological Research. 9: 13.
  3. ^ a b Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  4. ^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
  5. ^ Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Violovitsh, N.A (1985). "New flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Palaearctic fauna". Nov. Mal. Vidy Faun. Sibir. 18: 80–96.
  8. ^ a b Coovert, G.C. (1996). "A revision of the genus Pipiza Fallen (Diptera, Syrphidae) of America north of Mexico with notes on the placement of the tribe Pipizini". Bull. Ohio Biol. Surv. 11: 68.
  9. ^ a b Cheng, X.Y (1998). "Notes on syrphids of the tribe Pipizini and the geographical distribution in China (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Acta Zootax. Sinica. 23: 414–427.
  10. ^ a b c Curran, C. H (1921). "Revision of the Pipiza group of the family Syrphidae (flower-flies) from north of Mexico". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 11: 345–393.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. ^ a b Matsumura, S. (1916). "Synopsis of the economic Syrphidae of Japan". Ent. Mag. Kyoto. 2: 1–36.
  12. ^ a b c Mutin, V.A. (2002). "Review of the Far Eastern species of the Genus Pipiza Fallen, 1810 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Far Eastern Ent. 121: 16pp.
  13. ^ a b Violovitsh, N.A. (1987). "New species of flower flies (Dipt. Syrphidae) of Palaearctic fauna. (Communication 45)". Nov. Mal. Vidy Faun. Sibir.
  14. ^ Enderlein, G. (1938). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Syrphiden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft". Naturforschender Freunde Berl.: 192–237.