Syrphus ribesii

Taxobox
name = "Syrphus ribesii"

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image_caption = "Syrphus ribesii" female
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Aschiza
superfamilia = Syrphoidea
familia = Syrphidae
subfamilia = Syrphinae
tribus = Syrphini
genus = Syrphus
species = "S. ribesii"
binomial = "Syrphus ribesii"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = *"Musca blanda" Harris, 1780
*"Musca ribesii" Linnaeus, 1758
*"Syrphus blandus" (Harris, 1780)

"Syrphus ribesii" is a very common European species of hoverfly. Its larva feed on aphids [cite book|author=Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J.|year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide|pages=253, xvpp |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society]

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