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Blera

  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Animalia: information (1)
    • Animalia: pictures (19087)
    • Animalia: specimens (7262)
    • Animalia: sounds (709)
    • Animalia: maps (42)
    • Eumetazoametazoans
      • Eumetazoa: pictures (19061)
      • Eumetazoa: specimens (7253)
      • Eumetazoa: sounds (709)
      • Eumetazoa: maps (42)
      • Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
        • Bilateria: pictures (18927)
        • Bilateria: specimens (7245)
        • Bilateria: sounds (709)
        • Bilateria: maps (42)
        • Protostomiaprotostomes
          • Protostomia: pictures (4264)
          • Protostomia: specimens (247)
          • Protostomia: maps (42)
          • Ecdysozoa
            • Ecdysozoa: pictures (3926)
            • Ecdysozoa: specimens (116)
            • Arthropodaarthropods
              • Arthropoda: information (1)
              • Arthropoda: pictures (3902)
              • Arthropoda: specimens (116)
              • Hexapoda
                • Hexapoda: pictures (3460)
                • Hexapoda: specimens (106)
                • ClassInsectainsects
                  • Insecta: information (1)
                  • Insecta: pictures (3446)
                  • Insecta: specimens (106)
                  • OrderDiptera
                    • Diptera: pictures (182)
                    • FamilySyrphidae
                      • Syrphidae: pictures (21)
                      • GenusBlera
                        • SpeciesBlera ambiguum
                        • SpeciesBlera analis
                        • SpeciesBlera armillata
                        • SpeciesBlera badia
                        • SpeciesBlera confusa
                        • SpeciesBlera eoa
                        • SpeciesBlera fallax
                        • SpeciesBlera ferdinandi
                        • SpeciesBlera flukei
                        • SpeciesBlera garretti
                        • SpeciesBlera himalaya
                        • SpeciesBlera humeralis
                        • SpeciesBlera japonica
                        • SpeciesBlera johnsoni
                        • SpeciesBlera kyotoensis
                        • SpeciesBlera metcalfi
                        • SpeciesBlera nigra
                        • SpeciesBlera nigrescens
                        • SpeciesBlera nigripes
                        • SpeciesBlera nitens
                        • SpeciesBlera notata
                        • SpeciesBlera ochrozona
                        • SpeciesBlera pictipes
                        • SpeciesBlera robusta
                        • SpeciesBlera scitula
                        • SpeciesBlera shirakii
                        • SpeciesBlera umbratilis
                        • SpeciesBlera violovitshi
                        • SpeciesBlera yudini
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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    Animalia: information (1)Animalia: pictures (19087)Animalia: specimens (7262)Animalia: sounds (709)Animalia: maps (42)
  • ClassInsectainsects
    Insecta: information (1)Insecta: pictures (3446)Insecta: specimens (106)
  • OrderDiptera
    Diptera: pictures (182)
  • FamilySyrphidae
    Syrphidae: pictures (21)
  • GenusBlera

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2013. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts. While ADW staff and contributors provide references to books and websites that we believe are reputable, we cannot necessarily endorse the contents of references beyond our control.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants DUE-0633095 and DRL-0628151.

The ADW Team gratefully acknowledges their support.