Volucella zonaria

Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Volucella
Species:
V. zonaria
Binomial name
Volucella zonaria
(Poda, 1761)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Conops zonaria Poda, 1761
  • Conops bifasciatus Scopoli, 1763
  • Musca valentina Müller, 1766
  • Syrphus bifasciatus Panzer, 1792
  • Volucella beckeri Goot, 1961
  • Volucella fasciata Herrich-Schaffer, 1829
  • Volucella fasciata Verrall, 1901
  • Volucella radicum Schrank, 1803

Volucella zonaria, the hornet mimic hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly.[2] These flies are capable of buzz pollination.[3]

  1. ^ Catalogue of life
  2. ^ Stubbs, Alan E; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 253. ISBN 9780950289137.
  3. ^ Milman, Oliver (2022). The insect crisis: the fall of the tiny empires that run the world. New York. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-324-00659-6. OCLC 1252844512.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)