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Falsehorn Flies
Temnostoma
Temnostoma is a genus of hoverflies. The larvae of some species feed on the wood of deciduous trees.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Temnostoma vespiforme
speciesTemnostoma vespiforme

Wasp-like Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma alternans

Black-spotted Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma excentrica

Temnostoma bombylans
speciesTemnostoma bombylans

Yellow-spotted Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma daochus

Bare-bellied Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma barberi

Temnostoma apiforme
speciesTemnostoma apiforme

Yellow-haired Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma balyras

Temnostoma meridionale
speciesTemnostoma meridionale

Three-lined Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma trifasciatum

Black-banded Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma venustum

Temnostoma sericomyiaeforme
speciesTemnostoma sericomyiaeforme

Temnostoma angustistriatum
speciesTemnostoma angustistriatum

Hairy-winged Falsehorn
speciesTemnostoma obscurum

Temnostoma carens
speciesTemnostoma carens

Temnostoma jozankeanum
speciesTemnostoma jozankeanum
Temnostoma pallidum
speciesTemnostoma pallidum
Temnostoma sacki
speciesTemnostoma sacki
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124163.