Temnostoma

Temnostoma
Temnostoma vespiforme
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Temnostomina
Genus: Temnostoma
Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
Type species
Milesia bombylans
Fabricius, 1805
Synonyms
  • Tritonia Meigen, 1800
  • Microrhincus Lioy, 1864
  • Microrhinchus Scudder, 1882
  • Micrhrorhynchus Bigot, 1883
  • Microrrhynchus Bezzi & Stein, 1907
  • Microrrhynchus Kertész, 1910
  • Temnostomoides Krivosheina, 2005

Temnostoma is a genus of hoverflies. The larvae of some species feed on the wood of deciduous trees.

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