''Scaeva'' is a
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 ...
. The taxonomy of the genus, and the related genera ''
Simosyrphus'' and ''
Ischiodon'' has been discussed by Láska et al. (2006)
Species
* ''
Scaeva affinis'' (Say, 1823)
* ''
Scaeva albomaculata''
( Macquart, 1842)
*''
Scaeva dignota''
(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 ...
, 1857)
*''
Scaeva latimaculata''
( Brunetti, 1923)
*''
Scaeva mecogramma''
(Bigot
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexu ...
, 1860)
*''
Scaeva pyrastri
''Scaeva pyrastri'', common name the pied hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly.
Distribution
These hoverflies are present in most of Europe, the Near East, the East Palearctic realm, the Nearctic realm, North Africa, and the Indomalayan realm. In ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 РSwedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linn̩) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*''
Scaeva selenitica''
(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)
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2557850
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of North America
Syrphinae
Syrphini
Hoverfly genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius