bare-bellied falsehorn

(Temnostoma barberi)

Conservation Status
bare-bellied falsehorn
Photo by Alfredo Colon
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
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Description
 
 

Bare-bellied falsehorn is a small, wasp-mimic hoverfly. It occurs in northeast and north-central United States and in adjacent Canadian provinces.

Adults are to (9 to 14.5 mm) long.

The protruding mouthparts (proboscis) is short and fleshy.

The thorax and abdomen are black with yellow markings. The exoskeletal plate on the underside of the thorax that is associated with the second thoracic segment (katepisternum) has a continuous (uninterrupted) band of hairs on the rear margin. The plate on the underside of the third thoracic segment (metasternum), between the bases of the middle and hind legs, has no hairs, but this is not visible without magnification.

Abdominal segments 2, 3, and 4 each have a single yellow band. The hairs on the rear margin of segment 5 are black.

The outer part of the wing is mostly smoky brown, the inner part mostly clear. The basal medial cell (bm), discal medial cell (dm), and posterior cubital cell are mostly free of hairs, but this is not visible without magnification. There is a spurious vein between the radius (R) and media (M) veins. The cross-vein that runs between the radius and media veins (R-M cross-vein) does so beyond the middle of the discal cell. The anal cell is long and is closed near the wing margin. The R5 and M2 cells are also closed.

 
     
 

Size

 
 

Total length: to (9 to 14.5 mm)

 
     
 

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Habitat
 
 

Hilltops

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

Mid-May to mid-August

 
     
 

Behavior

 
 

Larvae are found in moist, decaying wood.

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Larva Food

 
 

Decaying organic debris

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

24, 27, 29, 30.

 
  2/9/2019      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Fairly common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Diptera (flies)  
 

Suborder

Brachycera  
 

Infraorder

Muscomorpha  
  No Rank Eremoneura  
  No Rank Cyclorrhapha  
  Zoosection Aschiza  
 

Superfamily

Syrphoidea  
 

Family

Syrphidae (hover flies)  
 

Subfamily

Eristalinae (drone flies and allies)  
 

Tribe

Milesiini  
  Subtribe Temnostomina  
 

Genus

Temnostoma  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Syrphus teretus

Temnostoma acra

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

bare-bellied falsehorn

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Proboscis

The tube-like protruding mouthpart(s) of a sucking insect.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Published on Dec 25, 2017

Mimicry just several clips to show some mimicry. Temnostoma sp . Synemosyna formica , Temnostoma barberi , Laphria thoracica , Xanthogramma flavipes , stilt-legged fly

 
       

 

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  Alfredo Colon
7/23/2018

Location: Woodbury, Minnesota

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