Eupeodes rojasi

Eupeodes rojasi is a species of hoverfly.[1] It is named after Sergio Rojas, the administrator of the Subestación Experimental La Cruz (Chile). It feeds on Eriosoma lanigerum and is found in western South America.

Eupeodes rojasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Syrphinae
Tribe:
Syrphini
Genus:
Eupeodes
Subgenus:
Metasyrphus
Species:
E. rojasi
Binomial name
Eupeodes rojasi
(Thompson, 1999)

Description

Its face is yellow except for a narrow brown medial vitta. Its gena is yellow and shiny. Its frontal lunule is brown except yellowish medially. The antenna is orange ventrally and blackish brown dorsally. Its basoflagellomere is oval, about 3 times as long as the pedicel.

Its thorax is dark bluish black The scutum is dark bluish black except yellowish on the notopleuron. The pronotum is densely yellowish gray. Its halter is yellow. Legs: coxae and trochanters are blackish brown; metatarsus brownish orange on its basotarsomere and apical tarsomere, black elsewhere.

Its wing is hyaline and microtrichose except bare basomedially. The abdomen is black with yellow maculate pattern. Its 1st tergum is bluish black; 2nd tergum is black except for large yellow basolateral macula; 3rd tergum is black except for large yellow fascia; 4th tergum is black except for large yellow fascia and apical margin; 5th tergum is yellow except for a basomedial narrow black fascia. Its 1st sternum is yellow except for a small medial brown macula; 2nd sternum is yellow except for large triangular black medial macula; 3rd sternum is yellow except for a large triangular black medial macula; 4th sternum is yellow except for a small brown medial macula; 5th sternum is yellow. Its terminalia are yellow except for the 8th sternum, which is largely black with black pilose.[1]

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gollark: Probably with multiple people for the authentic tribal hunter gathering experience
gollark: > Look m8 all I want to be is happyIf you think you will be better off without technology, you can go return to monke yourself and whatnot. Enjoy.
gollark: I think this is broadly missing the point. You're bringing up one apparently bad result of technological progress and ignoring all the really good but less obvious (because they faded into the background) things.
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See also
  • Insect anatomy

References
  1. Thompson, F. Christian. "A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used." (1999).


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