Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris
The Common Hover Fly, also known as the Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), pictured here in Alice Springs in Central Australia.
Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly are known as syrphid flies or flower flies, and belong to the family Syrphidae. The larvae of Ischiodon scutellaris feed on aphids and are known as an effective biological control agent for controlling aphids that feed on crops. The adult Ischiodon scutellaris feed on nectar from flowers and weeds.
More information under Diptera > Syrphidae.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Aschiza
- Superfamily: Syrphoidea
- Family: Syrphidae
- Subfamily: Syrphinae
- Tribe: Syrphini
- Genus: Ischiodon
- Species: Ischiodon scutellaris
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for the ID from Dominic Lyons, member of Amateur Entomology Australia, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/476897096018877
- Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3aa07556-4f20-49be-a1e9-235c75f7add0
- Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly Ischiodon scutellaris, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/354671-Ischiodon-scutellaris
- Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly Ischiodon scutellaris, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/189462186
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris
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