| Rhopalosyrphus | |
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhopalosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as Zethus. The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Species
Sensu stricto
- Rhopalosyrphus australis Thompson, 2003
- Rhopalosyrphus ecuadoriensis Reemer, 2013
- Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) (= R. carolae Capelle, 1956)
- Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003
- Rhopalosyrphus robustus Reemer, 2013
Sensu lato
- Rhopalosyrphus abnormis (Curran, 1925)
- Rhopalosyrphus abnormoides Reemer, 2013
- Rhopalosyrphus cerioides (Hull, 1943)
- Rhopalosyrphus oreokawensis Reemer, 2013
References
- ^ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
- ^ Weems, Howard V.; Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham; Deyrup, Mark A. (2003). "The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Florida Entomologist. 86 (2). Florida: 186–193. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;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. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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| Rhopalosyrphus | |
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