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'''''Volucella''''' is a [[genus]] of large, broad bodied, dramatic [[hover-fly|hover-flies]]. They have distinctive [[Wiktionary:plumose|plumose]] [[Arista (biology)|arista]]s and the face is extended downwards. |
'''''Volucella''''' is a [[genus]] of large, broad bodied, dramatic [[hover-fly|hover-flies]]. They have distinctive [[Wiktionary:plumose|plumose]] [[Arista (biology)|arista]]s and the face is extended downwards.<ref>{{cite book|author=Coe, R.L.|year=1953 |title=Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1|pages=98pp |publisher=Royal Entomological Society of London}}</ref> They are strongly [[Insect migration|migratory]]. and males are often [[Territory (animal)|territorial]]. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The [larva]e of most species live in nests of bumble bees and social wasps, where they are [[detritivore]]s and larval predators.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide|pages=253, xvpp |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society}}</ref> |
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Volucella is a genus of large, broad bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristas and the face is extended downwards.[1] They are strongly migratory. and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The [larva]e of most species live in nests of bumble bees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.[2]
Species
- V. abdominalis Wiedemann, 1830
- V. anastasia Hull, 1946
- V. anna Williston, 1887
- V. apicalis Loew, 1866
- V. apicifera Townsend, 1895
- V. avida Osten Sacken, 1877
- V. barei Curran, 1925
- V. bombylans (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. comstocki Williston, 1887
- V. dracaena Curran
- V. elegans Loew, 1862
- V. eugenia Williston, 1887
- V. florida Hull, 1941
- V. fraudulenta Williston, 1891
- V. haagii Jaennicke, 1867
- V. inanis (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. inflata (Fabricius, 1794)
- V. isabellina Williston, 1887
- V. lutzi Curran, 1930
- V. macrocephala Giglio-Tos, 1892
- V. megacephala Loew, 1863
- V. mexicana Macquart, 1842
- V. nigra Greene, 1923
- V. opalescens Townsend, 1901
- V. pallens Wiedemann, 1830
- V. pellucens (Linnaeus 1758)
- V. postica Say, 1829
- V. pusilla Macquart, 1842
- V. quadrata Williston, 1891
- V. satur Osten Sacken, 1877
- V. sternalis Curran, 1930
- V. tamaulipana Townsend, 1898
- V. tau Bigot, 1883
- V. tricincta Bigot, 1875
- V. unipunctata Curran, 1926
- V. vesicularia Curran, 1947
- V. victoria Williston, 1887
- V. zonaria (Poda, 1761)
References
- ^ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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