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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaDipteraSyrphidaeCopestylum

Iridescent Bromeliad Fly
Copestylum vesicularium (Curran, 1947)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Syrphidae
Genus Copestylum
Species Copestylum vesicularium (Curran, 1947)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Georgia.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia

Counties

Georgia
Grady

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
N2 Imperiled

Subnational ranks

New York
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
SNR Unranked
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
Massachusetts
SNR Unranked
New Hampshire
SNR Unranked
Tennessee
SNR Unranked
Connecticut
SNR Unranked
Georgia
SNR Unranked
Texas
SNR Unranked
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Virginia
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
SNR Unranked
Alabama
SNR Unranked
Illinois
SNR Unranked
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Missouri
SNR Unranked
New Jersey
SNR Unranked
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Kansas
SNR Unranked
North Carolina
SNR Unranked
Ontario
S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
  • Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

How to cite this account

Copestylum vesicularium (Curran, 1947). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2314. https://cavebiology.org/species/copestylum-vesicularium/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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