| Sphaerophoria beattiei | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerophoria |
| Species: | S. beattiei |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaerophoria beattiei (Doesburg and Doesburg, 1977) | |
Sphaerophoria beattiei is a species of hoverfly belonging to the genus Sphaerophoria. It is endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. It was originally considered the only member of the genus Loveridgeana but was found to be nested within Sphaerophoria in a DNA based phylogenetic analysis, along with three other species found in South Africa. Almost nothing is known of its biology other than it pollinated now extinct flora on Saint Helena including the Saint Helena olive.
References
- ^ Doesburg, P.H. van (Sr.); Doesburg, P.H. van (Jr.) (1977). "La Faune terrestre de l'Ile de Sainte-Hélène, Volume 13, Fam. Syrphidae". Annales Mus r Afr cent (Ser 8 Sci zool). 215: 63–74.
- ^ Mengual, Ximo; Ståhls, Gunilla; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021-01-02). "Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of Loveridgeana and Afrotropical Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters". Systematics and Biodiversity. 19 (1): 22–53. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1795743. hdl:10138/333906. ISSN 1477-2000. S2CID 225321683.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Loveridgeana | |