Somula Explained

Somula is a genus of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae. There are at least two described species in Somula.^[1]

Species

• Somula decora Macquart, 1847
• Somula mississippiensis Hull, 1922^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Miranda . G.F.G. Young . A.D.. Locke . M.M.. Marshall . S.A.. Skevington . J.H.. Thompson . F.C.. August 2013. Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417230155/http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/mylmst_23/mylmst_23.pdf . 2019-04-17. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23.
• Book: J.F. McAlpine . B.V. Petersen . G.E. Shewell . H.J. Teskey . J.R. Vockeroth . D.M. Wood. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

External links

• Web site: 2018-02-16. Diptera.info.

Notes and References

1. Book: Skevington . J.H. . Locke . M.M. . Young . A.D. . Moran . K. . Crins . W.J. . Marshall . S.A . Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America . 2019 . Princeton University Press . Princeton, New Jersey . 9780691189406 . 512 . First. Princeton Field Guides .
2. Hull . Frank Montgomery . New Syrphidae (Diptera) from Mississippi . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 1922 . 15 . 370-373 . 25 August 2021.