Copestylum sp. - Hoverfly / Mosca-das-Flores (Macquart, 1846)

King of Flies

Description: Old cellphone picture, posting for the entomological register.

Copestylum is a massive genus of hoverflies in the order Diptera, suborder Brachycera, infraorder Muscomorpha, superfamily Syrphoidea, family Syrphidae, subfamily Eristalinae and tribe Volucellini.

Some species of Syrphids feed on decaying organic matter when larvae, while others are insectivorous, and are pollinators as adults. Members of the genus Volucella can be found in bumblebee and wasp nests.

According to the links Cesar of Insetologia displayed, Marinoni & Thompson (2003) (repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/17052/ent_FCT_10...) lists more than 20 species in the Southeast of Brazil. Marinoni, Miranda & Thompson (2004) (repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/17054/ent_FCT_10...) lists 15 species in the state of Paraná, which is close to Santa Catarina. Knowing this, the biodiversity is really wide to reach a viable identification, especially when most adult Syrphids have no photographical registers available in the Internet, including the common Copestylum selectum. The fly depicted is probably a male and measured approximately 1,1cm - 1,2cm in length. The wings measured around 0,8cm - 1cm and hoverflies possess large composite eyes. The abdomen had black horizontal stripes and possessed a greenish coloring. The thorax had a brighter coloring, perhaps some shade of red, yellow, orange or a mix of those. Wing venations could not be seen in the picture and I don't remember how they were.

Feeding type: Adults are pollinators of a vast number of flowers. Larvae have varying habits, read the text to know them.

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Taken in: Brasil / Santa Catarina / Benedito Novo (show map)

Taken on: June 6, 2017

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