Rhopalosyrphus

Rhopalosyrphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Rhopalosyrphus
Giglio-Tos, 1891
Type species
Holmbergia guentherii
Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891

Rhopalosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies. There are 4 known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as Zethus.[1].[2] The larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.[2].

Species

References

  1. ^ a b c Weems, Howard V.; Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham;Deyrup, Mark A. (2003). "The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Florida Entomologist (Florida) 86 (2): 186–193. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1653/0015-4040%282003%29086%5B0186%3ATGRDS%5D2.0.CO%3B2. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  2. ^ a b Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-11.