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, with four known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as Zethus.[1][2] The larvae feed as scavengers in the nests of ants. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.[2]
Species
- Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891)
- Rhopalosyrphus carolae Capelle, 1956
- Rhopalosyrphus australis Thompson, 2003[1]
- Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.