Ceriana ornata

Species of fly

Ceriana ornata

Ferndale Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Syrphidae
Genus:  | Ceriana
Species:  |

C. ornata

Binomial name
Ceriana ornata

Saunders 1845

Synonyms

Cerioides ornata

Ceriana ornata

Ceriana ornata  is an Australian species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Resembling a wasp, this hoverfly preys on other insects including Australian native bees and the planthopper. Bottom image shown is a Potter wasp, Ancistrocerus Kereri (Dalla Torre 1904) and resembles Ceriana Ornata. C. Ornata can be identified by its distinct Y-shaped antenna, large compound eyes and only has two wings.

## References

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* "Ceriana ornata (Saunders 1845)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
* "Ceriana (Ceriana) ornata (Saunders, 1845)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
* "Wasp-mimic Hoverfly - Ceriana (Ceriana) ornata (Cerioides ornata)". Brisbane Insects. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

Taxon identifiers

Ceriana ornata|

* Wikidata: Q14518110
* AFD: Ceriana_(Ceriana)_ornata
* BOLD: 728616
* EoL: 749849
* GBIF: 1539683
* iNaturalist: 745823
* NCBI: 2680214
* Open Tree of Life: 4355501

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