Polybiomyia Explained
Polybiomyia is a genus of hoverfly.[1] Polybiomyia_bellardii_1.jpg| Polybiomyia bellardiiPolybiomyia_lyncharribalzagai_1.png| Polybiomyia lyncharribalzagaiPolybiomyia_schnablei_1.jpg| Polybiomyia schnableiFrontal prominence of Ceriana.jpg|Frontal prominence Cerioidini_antennae.png| antennae
Systematics
Species include:
- Polybiomyia ablepta (Riek, 1954) [2]
- Polybiomyia arietis (Loew, 1853)
- Polybiomyia bassleri (Curran, 1941) [3]
- Polybiomyia bellardii (Shannon, 1925)
- Polybiomyia bequaerti (Curran, 1938)
- Polybiomyia bolivari (Thompson & Wyatt, 2015)
- Polybiomyia divisa (Walker, 1857)
- Polybiomyia engelhardti (Shannon, 1925)
- Polybiomyia lyncharribalzagai (Shannon, 1927)
- Polybiomyia macquarti (Shannon, 1925)
- Polybiomyia nigra (Bigot, 1884)
- Polybiomyia odontomera (Curran, 1941)
- Polybiomyia pedicellata (Williston, 1887)
- Polybiomyia plaumanni (Curran, 1941)
- Polybiomyia rufibasis (Bigot, 1884)
- Polybiomyia sayi (Shannon, 1925)
- Polybiomyia schnablei (Williston, 1892)
- Polybiomyia schwarzi (Shannon, 1925)
- Polybiomyia signifera (Loew, 1853)
- Polybiomyia townsendi (Snow, 1895)
- Polybiomyia travassosi (Lane & Carrera, 1943)
Genera of Cerioidini [4] [5] Genus | frontal prominence | abdominal segment 1 | abdominal segment two constriction | abdominal segment 2 length | paraface | other |
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Ceriana | as long as scape | same size as segment 2 | not constricted | wider than long | very short paraface | looping in third vein R4+5 with spur branch projecting into cell r4+5 |
Monoceromyia | as long as scape | wider than segment 2 | strongly constricted | longer than wide | | loop of vein R4+5 without Spur branch |
Polybiomyia | absent or very short | shorter than segment 2 | strongly constricted | longer than wide | | vein R4+5 not looping |
Primocerioides | shorter than scape | | not constricted | wider than long | long paraface and large anterior tentorial pit | eyes and face pilose, vein R4+5 straight |
Sphiximorpha | shorter than scape | wider than 2 | slightly constricted anteriomedially | longer than wide | long paraface and large or deep anterior tentorial pit. | Facial tubercle weak to nearly absent. vein R4+5 not looping. | |
Notes and References
- Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M. A., Rotheray, G. E. & Hancock, E. G. (2007). The Early Stages and Breeding Sites of 10 Cerioidini Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(6):914-924
- Riek . EF . 1954 . The Australian syrphid flies of the subfamily cerioidinae (Diptera: Syrphidae): Systematics and wing folding. . Australian Journal of Zoology . 2 . 1 . 100–130 . 10.1071/ZO9540100 .
- Curran . C.H . 1941 . New American Syrphidae . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 78 . 243–304 .
- Shannon . Raymond . 1927 . Notes on and descriptions of Syrphid flies of the subfamily Cerioidinae . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences . 17 . 38–53 .
- Book: Brunetti, Enrico . 1923 . Diptera Vol. III. Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae . London, England . Taylor and Francis . 1–424 .