| Cerioidini | |
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| Ceriana vespiformes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Cerioidini Wahlgren, 1909 |
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Cerioidini is a widespread tribe of around 222 species of hoverfly.[1] Cerioidini are mistaken for wasps for which they are effective mimic. Cerioidini have antennae with a terminal style and have somewhat elongate and basally constricted abdomens, only slightly in Ceriana, but pronounced in most Sphiximorpha; and Polybiomyia, and extremely in Monoceromyia. [2] Larvae live mostly within tree sap associated with tree wounds or putrefying pockets of water in tree cavities. [3]
- ^ Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M. A., Rotheray, G. E. & Hancock, E. G. (2007). The Early Stages and Breeding Sites of 10 Cerioidini Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(6):914-924 doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[914:TESABS2.0.CO;2]
- ^ Vockeroth, J.R. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2 (PDF). Canada: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. p. 668. ISBN 0-660-12125-5.
- ^ Heiss, Elizabeth Madeleine (1938). "A classification of the larvae and puparia of the Syrphidae of Illinois exclusive of aquatic forms". Series: Illinois Biological Monographs. 16: 1–142. end of template cite journal