Poole, Karen E.
Leucozona
Sign in to saveLeucozona is a genus of hoverflies. Species within this genus typically have a variegated pattern of dull and bright colours on the thorax and abdominal segments such as white or even blue (Leucozona glaucia). This colouration allows the hoverfly to mimic more predaceous bees and wasps, for example Leucozona lucorum.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
Leucozona est un genre d'insectes diptères de la famille des syrphidés.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 426
- With media
- 2,442
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, USNM, ZMBN, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, India, Norway, Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Leucozona
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Leucozona
- topic's main category
- Category:Leucozona
- diel cycle
- diurnality
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- Gallery
- References
Leucozona is a genus of hoverflies. Species within this genus typically have a variegated pattern of dull and bright colours on the thorax and abdominal segments such as white or even blue (Leucozona glaucia). This colouration allows the hoverfly to mimic more predaceous bees and wasps, for example Leucozona lucorum.
==Species== Leucozona glaucia (Linnaeus, 1758) Leucozona inopinata (Doczkal, 2000) Leucozona laternaria (Müller, 1776) Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Leucozona velutina (Williston, 1882) Leucozona xylotoides (Johnson, 1916) Leucozona americana (Curran, 1923) Leucozona kingdonwardi (Ghorpade, 1994) Leucozona ussuriensis (Stackelberg, 1929)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leucozona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0