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The current study were carried out to identify of five species belong to the flower fly family Syrphidae, depending on male genitilia. They included Episyrphus balteatus De Geer, 1776; Eupeodes corollae Fabricius, 1794; Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus, 1758; Eristalinus aeneus Scopoli, 1763; Eristalis tenax Linnaeus, 1758, from some Basrah province.

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Classification Insect Diptera Syrphidae Iraq

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Atta, A. R. A. ., Jabbar, A. S. ., & Abdulkader, A. A. . (2019). Taxonomic Study of some Species of Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) at Basrah Province. Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 32(2), 169–175. https://doi.org/10.37077/25200860.2019.207

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