Ubristes

Ubristes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Ubristes
Walker, 1852
Type species
Ubristes flavitibia
Walker, 1852

Ubristes is a genus of hoverflies. There are 61 known species. All are characterized by the metatibia whinch is usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edge. These flies are probably mimics of the stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini.[1].

The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable with in this group. They are further divided into the subgroups Hypselosyrphus, Stipomorpha, Ubristes by the shape of the abdomen.

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Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.

Distribution

They are native to the Neotropics.[1].

Species

References

  1. ^ 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.