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, with 61 known species. All are characterized by their metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. 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 within this group. They are further divided into the subgroups Hypselosyrphus, Stipomorpha, and Ubristes by the shape of their abdomens.
Biology
Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.
Distribution
They are native to the Neotropics.[1]
Species
- Ubristes chrysopyga Giglio-Tos, 1892
- Ubristes flavitibia Walker, 1852
- Ubristes litoralis Papavero, 1964
- Ubristes plaumanni Curran, 1940
- Ubristes puerilis Doesburg, 1966
- Ubristes ulopodus Hull, 1944
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References
- 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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