Salpingogaster punctifrons

Salpingogaster punctifrons is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3] This is an elusive red, black, and yellow species found in South and Central Florida. Like many hoverflies, this species imitates wasps, this one being particularly similar to mud daubers. Their anatomy is distinctive from many other hoverflies and similar to that of mud daubers in that its first abdominal tergite is elongated.

Salpingogaster punctifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Salpingogaster
Species:
S. punctifrons
Binomial name
Salpingogaster punctifrons
Curran, 1929
Picture from Plantation, Florida

References

  1. "Salpingogaster punctifrons Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Salpingogaster punctifrons". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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