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Smoothleg Flies
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Smoothleg Flies

Heringia

Heringia or the Smoothleg fly is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. The species are distributed in North America and Europe

Larvae are predatory upon Schizoneura aphids on Ulmus and Pemphigus aphids on Populus, Dreyjusia piceae on Abies and Eriosoma lanigerum on Malus.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Heringia heringi

speciesHeringia heringi

Heringia adpropinquans

speciesHeringia adpropinquans

Eastern Smoothleg

speciesHeringia salax

Canadian Smoothleg

speciesHeringia canadensis

Dusky Smoothleg

speciesHeringia intensica

California Smoothleg

speciesHeringia californica

Slate Smoothleg

speciesHeringia comutata

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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 371987.