Sphegina lobata

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| genus = Sphegina

| species = lobata

| authority = Loew, 1863{{cite journal|last1=Loew|first1=Hermann|title=Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia|journal=Berl. Entomol. Z.|date=1863|volume=7|pages=1–55|doi=10.1002/mmnd.18630070104 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39616#page/9/mode/1up|accessdate=14 February 2017}}

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| synonyms = *Sphegina monticola Malloch, 1922{{cite journal |last= Malloch |first= John Russell |date= 1922 |title= Seven new species of the syrphid genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera)|url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3333559#page/177/mode/1up |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |publisher= Biological Society of Washington |volume= 35 |pages= 141–144 |access-date=6 January 2015}}

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Sphegina lobata (Loew 1863), the Yellow-lobed Pufftail, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in northeastern North America. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae found in accumulations of decaying sap under bark, usually in wet situations such as damp, shaded woodland and in partially submerged wood in streams and pools.{{cite journal |last= Rotheray |first= Graham |year= 1998 |title= Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): evidence from larval stages |journal= Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume= 127 |pages= 1–112 |doi= 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01305.x |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/127/1/1/2684346?login=false }}{{cite book |last=Skevington |first=Jeffrey H |author-link= |date=2019 |title= Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= 9780691189406 }}{{cite journal |last=Coovert |first=G. A |year=1977 |title=The Sphegina species of eastern North America. |journal=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. |volume=90 |pages=536–552 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39058296#page/572/mode/1up}}