syrphid flies

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• syrphid fly — noun Etymology: New Latin Syrphidae, from Syrphus, genus of flies, from Greek syrphos gnat Date: circa 1891 hoverfly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• syrphid fly — any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids. Also, syrphus fly /serr feuhs/. Also called flower fly. * * * …   Universalium

• syrphid — 1. adjective /sərfɪd/ Of or pertaining to flies of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae. Syn: syrphian 2. noun /sərfɪd/ A fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae. Syn: syrphian …   Wiktionary

• syrphid fly — syr′phid fly also syr′phus fly [[t]ˈsɜr fəs[/t]] n. ent any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on nectar and pollen and have larvae that prey on aphids …   From formal English to slang

• syrphid — /ˈsɜfɪd/ (say serfid) noun any of the Syrphidae, or hoverflies, a family of dipterous insects or flies, some of which are beneficial, their larvae feeding on plant lice. Also, syrphian. {Greek syrphos gnat + id2} …  

• syrphid fly — noun see syrphus fly * * * any of numerous beelike or wasplike flies of the family Syrphidae that feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers and have larvae that feed on decaying vegetation or prey on aphids. Also, syrphus fly /serr feuhs/. Also… …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoverfly — Taxobox name = Syrphidae image width = 250px image caption = Simosyrphus grandicornis (above) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota|… …   Wikipedia

• Microdontinae — Microdon mutabilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Pollinator — A pollinator is the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the… …   Wikipedia

• Microdon — mutabilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Microdontinae — ? Microdontinae …   Википедия