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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  2. 1 2 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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