Hadromyia aldrichi is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.[2]

Hadromyia aldrichi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Hadromyia
Subgenus: Chrysosomidia
Species:
H. aldrichi
Binomial name
Hadromyia aldrichi
(Shannon, 1916)[1]
Synonyms

Description

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"Very similar to opacus but more robust, head obviously broader than high; abdomen brilliant bronze, with the pile more golden. "

"Female: Frons depressed, dull aeneous black, somewhat reddish above antennae, with dark brown pile and very narrow whitish pollinose stripes along eyes. Dorsum of thorax sub-shining black, with dark brown pile; meso-pleurae with rather long golden pile; posterior margin of scutellum and post-alar calli with yellow pile. Abdomen banded similarly to opacus. Fore femora dark on outer side, yellow on inner side; middle femora al- most entirely yellow; hind femora yellow, a dark band around the middle; the rest of legs yellow, except the last two joints of all the tarsi. Wings infuscated anteriorly, darkest along the veins. Length: Body about 12–14 mm., wing 11–12 mm. " from original description [1]
The male genitalia were figured by Metcalf. [3]

Distribution

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Canada, United States.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1916). "Notes on some genera of Syrphidae with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 18: 101–113. Retrieved 21 July 2021.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
  3. ^ Metcalf, C.L. (1921). "The Genitalia of Male Syrphidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 14: 169–266.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.