Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Species of fly
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Sphaerophoria rueppellii is a European species of hoverfly.[1][2] Larvae are predators of aphids, and the species has been commercialized for biological pest control of aphids. The larvae go through three instars.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerophoria |
| Species: | S. rueppellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Wiedemann, 1820) | |
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