Eulonchus sapphirinus is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.[2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Panopinae |
| Genus: | Eulonchus |
| Species: | E. sapphirinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulonchus sapphirinus Osten Sacken, 1877[1]
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A study in 2008 found that the species is a potentially important pollinator in certain habitats. Individuals of the species were found to form the majority of insect visitors to Geranium robertianum flowers. Males and females were found to differ in their flower-visiting behaviour, which appears to relate to mating behaviour.[6]
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3: 189–354. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
- ^ "Eulonchus sapphirinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Eulonchus sapphirinus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Eulonchus sapphirinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Eulonchus sapphirinus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Borkent, C. J.; Schlinger, E. I. (2008). "Flower-visiting and mating behaviour of Eulonchus sapphirinus (Diptera: Acroceridae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 140 (2): 250–257. doi:10.4039/n07-060. S2CID 85625026.
Further reading
edit- Borkent, C. J.; Gillung, J. P.; Winterton, S. L. (2016). "Jewelled spider flies of North America: a revision and phylogeny of Eulonchus Gerstaecker (Diptera, Acroceridae)". ZooKeys (619): 103–146. doi:10.3897/zookeys.619.8249. PMC 5090163. PMID 27829790.
External links
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