Criorhina portschinskyi
| Criorhina portschinskyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Criorhinina |
| Genus: | Criorhina |
| Species: | C. portschinskyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Criorhina portschinskyi (Stackelberg, 1955)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Criorhina portschinskyi is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae, belonging to the subtribe Criorhinina within the tribe Milesiini.[1] Like other members of the genus Criorhina, it is a bumblebee mimic.[2]
Description
Criorhina portschinskyi is a medium to large sized hoverfly. Like other Criorhina species, it is a large, hairy bee mimic characterized by a face strongly extended downwards and an oblique anterior cross vein (r-m) reaching the anterior margin of the discal cell in the distal half.[2][3] The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax, with antennae situated upon a prominent conical frontal process. The eyes are bare and the abdomen is elliptical.[3]
Biology
Adults are typically found flying near white spring flowers in woodlands and shrubs during May.[2][4] Like other members of the genus, the larvae are saproxylic and develop in rot holes or decaying hardwoods.[3]
Distribution
Criorhina portschinskyi is found in the Transcaucasia and Northern Caucasus regions.[5] It has been recorded from:
References
- 1 2 3 4 Stackelberg, A.A. (1955). "Palearkticheskie vidy roda Penthesilea Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 34: 340–349.
- 1 2 3 4 van Steenis, J.; Gharali, B. (2015). "The first record of the genus Criorhina Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Iran, with a key to the West-Palaearctic species". Studia Dipterologica. 22 (1): 123–129.
- 1 2 3 Moran, Kevin M.; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2022). "A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (1): 120–135. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab014.
- ↑ Li, H.; Huo, K.-K.; Li, B.-G. (2020). "A new species of the flower fly genus Criorhina Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from mainland China". Zootaxa. 4803 (1): 169–176. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.9. PMID 33056036.
- 1 2 Mengual, Ximo; Bot, Sander; Chkhartishvili, Tinatin; Reimann, André; Thormann, Jana; von Der Mark, Laura (2020). "Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia". ZooKeys (916): 1–123. Bibcode:2020ZooK..916....1M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.916.47824. PMC 7062849. PMID 32189977.