Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea
Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribus: Tropidiina
Genus: Tropidia
Species: Tropidia quadrata (Say, 1824)
Published in: Say, T. 1824. American entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America. [Vol. 1], [101 pp.], pls. 1-18.
Tropidia quadrata (Say, 1824), the Common Thickleg Fly, is a common species of syrphid fly observed across the north-central United states and southern Canada. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both enegy-giving nectar and protein rich pollen. The larvae are aquatic.[2]
Distribution
Canada, United States.
References
Say, T. (1824). American entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America. Vol. 1]. Philadelphia. pp. 101 pp., pls. 1-18. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406. Philadelphia.
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