Rhoga

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Rhoga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Rhoga
Walker, 1857
Type species
Rhoga lutescens
Walker, 1857

Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.[1]

Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.

Distribution

They are native to the Neotropics.[1]

Species

  • R. lutescens Walker, 1857
  • R. xanthoprosopus Barretto & Lane, 1947
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. Retrieved 2009-09-11. 
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