Biology:Dioprosopa
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Dioprosopa | |
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| Dioprosopa clavata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Dioprosopa Hull, 1949 |
Dioprosopa is a genus of drone flies in the family Syrphidae. There are at least two described species in the genus Dioprosopa, both found in the New World.
Dioprosopa was formerly considered a subgenus of Pseudodoros, but was promoted to genus rank as a result of phylogenetic studies in 2018.[1][2]
Species
The following two species are recognised in the genus Dioprosopa:
- Dioprosopa clavata (Fabricius 1794)
- Dioprosopa vockerothi Kassebeer, 2000
Gallery
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Dioprosopa clavata -
Dioprosopa clavata -
Dioprosopa clavata larva
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References
- ↑ "Dioprosopa genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/11596. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ↑ Mengual, Ximo; Ståhls, Gunilla; Láska, Pavel; Mazánek, Libor et al. (2018). "Molecular phylogenetics of the predatory lineage of flower flies Eupeodes - Scaeva (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of the Neotropical genus Austroscaeva gen. nov.". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56. doi:10.1111/jzs.12212. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324264415.
Further reading
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 1987. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8. http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html.
- Miranda, G. F. G; Young, A. D.; Locke, M. M.; Marshall, S. A. et al. (2013). "Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 23: 1–351. doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.23. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/mylmst_23/mylmst_23.pdf.
- Shorter, D. A.; Drew, W. A. (1976). "Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 56: 75–94. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oas/oas_pdf/v56/p75_94.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q28608014 entry
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