''Pelecocera'' 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 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 ...
, from the family Syrphidae, in the order
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...
.
Antennae with segment 3 a half moon shape (flat above, only rounded below) or triangular, in the female the arista very thick, spike-like, inserted at the anterior extremity of segment 3.
They are small black and yellow or orange flies found mainly on heaths.
Species
*''
Pelecocera apichaetus''
( Curran, 1923)
*''
Pelecocera escorialensis''
Strobl
Strobl (or Strobl am Wolfgangsee) is a municipality of the Salzburg-Umgebung District (''Flachgau''), in the northeastern portion of the Austrian state of Salzburg, right on the border with Upper Austria. It comprises the Katastralgemeinden of Ai ...
, 1909
*''
Pelecocera latifrons''
Loew, 1856
*''
Pelecocera lugubris''
Perris
Perris is an old railway city in Riverside County, California, United States, located east-southeast of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. It is known for Lake Perris, skydiving, the Southern California Railway Museum, and its sunny dry cli ...
, 1839
*''
Pelecocera pergandei''
( Williston, 1884)
*''
Pelecocera scaevoides''
( Fallén, 1817) now ''
Chamaesyrphus''
*''
Pelecocera tricincta''
Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1822
*''
Pelecocera willistoni''
Snow, 1895
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Images representing ''Pelecocera''
Diptera of Europe
Hoverfly genera
Rhingiini
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
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