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‖ syrphus Entom.|ˈsɜːfəs|
Pl. syrphi |ˈsɜːfaɪ|.
[mod.L. (as generic name in Fabricius, 1775), ad. Gr. σύρϕος gnat.]
A fly of the genus Syrphus, typical of the Syrphidæ, a large and widely-distributed family of two-winged flies, mostly bright-coloured, feeding on pollen and in the larval state often on plant-lice, etc. Hence ˈsyrphian, ˈsyrphid adjs., belonging to this family; also as ns.
1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 458 In Syrphus, properly so called, the abdomen is gradually narrowed from base to point. 1862T. W. Harris Insects Injur. Vegetat. (ed. 3) 608 The Syrphians (Syrphidæ) have a fleshy, large⁓lipped proboscis. 1876Van Beneden's Anim. Parasites (1883) 122 The banded Syrphus (Syrphus balteatus), when in the larva state, seizes the rose aphides, and sucks their blood. 1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 510 The Syrphi form a pretty family of flies. 1879Amer. Naturalist XIII. 260 Certain syrphus-flies, passionately fond of color, and themselves brightly colored,..have succeeded in producing certain flowers corresponding to their tastes. 1899D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 502 Syrphid larvae. |