| Toxomerus marginatus | |
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| Toxomerus marginatus female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Toxomerus |
| Species: | T. marginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxomerus marginatus (Say, 1823)
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Toxomerus marginatus, also known as the margined calligrapher fly, is a common species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of North America.
The larvae are predators of thrips, aphids, and small caterpillars. Adults feed on a wide range of flowers.[1] Smith & Chaney 2007 finds T. marginatus is the most numerous of the Syrphidae species controlling aphids in lettuce fields on California's Central Coast.[2]Toxomerus marginatus are commonly found in cranberry fields.[3] This species of syrphid is highly attracted to the plant volatile methyl salicylate, which is a floral compound as well as being an herbivore-induced plant volatile.[4]
- ^ Reemer, Menno; Rotheray, Graham E. (16 April 2009). "Pollen feeding larvae in the presumed predatory syrphine genus Toxomerus Macquart (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Journal of Natural History. 43 (15). UK: Taylor and Francis: 939–949. doi:10.1080/00222930802610576. ISSN 1464-5262.
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- Ssymank, Axel; Kearns, C. A.; Pape, Thomas; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "Pollinating Flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production". Biodiversity. 9 (1–2). Taylor & Francis: 86–89. doi:10.1080/14888386.2008.9712892. ISSN 1488-8386. S2CID 39619017.
- Smith, Hugh A.; Chaney, William E. (February 1, 2007). "A Survey of Syrphid Predators of Nasonovia ribisnigri in Organic Lettuce on the Central Coast of California". Journal of Economic Entomology. 100 (1). Oxford University Press: 39–48. doi:10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[39:asospo]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 17370807. S2CID 20442282.
- ^ Rodriguez-Saona, C., Kaplan, I., Braasch, J., Chinnasamy, D., & Williams, L. (2011). Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: A meta-analysis and case study in cranberries. Biological Control, 59(2), 394-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.017
- ^ Rodriguez-Saona, C., Kaplan, I., Braasch, J., Chinnasamy, D., & Williams, L. (2011). Field responses of predaceous arthropods to methyl salicylate: A meta-analysis and case study in cranberries. Biological Control, 59(2), 394-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.017