Nausigaster

Nausigaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eumerini
Genus: Nausigaster
Williston, 1883

Nausigaster is a New World genus of 15 species of hoverfly.[1] Larvae have been recorded from decaying cacti and bromeliads.

Species[2]

References

  1. ^ Rotheray, G. E., M. A. Marcos-García, E. G. Hancock and F. S. Gilbert. 2000. The systematic position of Alipumilio and Nausigaster based on early stages (Diptera, Syrphidae). Stud. Dipterol. 7(1): 133-144. http://ecology.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/pdf%20files/2000%20Rotheray%20et%20al_alipumilio%20&%20nausigaster.pdf
  2. ^ Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R., Sedman, Y. S.. "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. http://www.archive.org/stream/familysyrphidae00thom#page/n1/mode/2up. Retrieved 25 February 2011.