Variation of body color in Episyrphus balteatus
Author of the article:HUO Ke-Ke1,2,ZHENG Zhe-Min1
Author's Workplace:(1.Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China ;2. Department of Biology, Shaanxi University of Technology & Humanity, Hanzhong 723000, China)
Key Words:Episyrphus balteatus; body color; phenotypic pl asticity; systematics
Abstract:An examination of phenotypic variation revealed differences in body co lor, abdominal color patches and body size in Episyrphus balteatus. There wa s di stinct seasonal plasticity in body color, the darker form occurred wh en the temperature was lo