''Callicera'' is a
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hoverflies
Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main ...
They are beautiful metallic flies, with strikingly long antennae are medium-sized to rather large (wing length 9·75–15 mm.)
bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only Extant taxon, extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct r ...
mimics. All the species are considered rare. ''Callicera'' larvae live in the moist rot-holes of overmature trees as
saprophage
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...
s.
[Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', 8: 11–230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.]
''Callicera'' have been used as
bioindicators
A bioindicator is any species (an indicator species) or group of species whose function, population, or status can reveal the qualitative status of the environment. The most common indicator species are animals. For example, copepods and other sma ...
.
Species
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Callicera aenea''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1781)
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Callicera aurata
''Callicera'' is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies
They are beautiful metallic flies, with strikingly long antennae are medium-sized to rather large (wing length 9·75–15 mm.) bumblebee mimics. All the species are considered rare. ''Calli ...
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( Rossi, 1790)
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Callicera christiani''
(Ghorpade, 1982)
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Callicera doleschalli''
( Verrall, 1913)
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Callicera duncani''
Curran, 1935
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Callicera erratica''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849)
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Callicera exigua''
Smit, 2014
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Callicera fagesii''
Guérin-Menéville, 1844
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Callicera macquarti''
Rondani Rondani is an Italian surname. Notable people having this name include:
* Camillo Rondani, (1808–1879), an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera
* Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani
Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 â ...
, 1844
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Callicera montensis''
Snow, 1892
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Callicera nitens''
(Coe, 1964)
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Callicera poultoni''
( Verrall, 1913)
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Callicera robusta''
(Coe, 1964)
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Callicera rohdendorfi''
Zimina, 1982
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Callicera rufa''
Schummel, 1842
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Callicera sackeni''
( Verrall, 1913)
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Callicera scintilla''
Smit, 2014
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Callicera spinolae ''Callicera spinolae'', also known as the ivy hoverfly or golden hoverfly, is a species of syrphid fly within the genus '' Callicera'' and family Syrphidae. It was first described by Italian entomologist Camillo Rondani in 1844.
Like most species ...
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Rondani Rondani is an Italian surname. Notable people having this name include:
* Camillo Rondani, (1808–1879), an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera
* Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani
Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani (15 July 1490 â ...
, 1844
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Callicera sumatrensis''
(Meijere, 1919)
References
External imagesImages representing ''Callicera''
Hoverfly genera
Callicerini
Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
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