Pelecocera
Genus of flies
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Pelecocera is a Holarctic genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[2][3] Antennae with segment 3 a half moon shape (flat above, only rounded below) or triangular, in the female the arista very thick, spike-like, inserted at the anterior extremity of segment 3. They are small black and yellow or orange flies found mainly on heaths.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Rhingiini |
| Genus: | Pelecocera Meigen, 1822[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pelecocera tricincta | |
Species
- Pelecocera apichaetus (Curran, 1923)
- Pelecocera escorialensis Strobl, 1909[4]
- Pelecocera latifrons Loew, 1856
- Pelecocera lugubris Perris, 1839
- Pelecocera pergandei (Williston, 1884)
- Pelecocera scaevoides (Fallén, 1817) now Chamaesyrphus
- Pelecocera tricincta Meigen, 1822[1]
- Pelecocera willistoni Snow, 1895
