Biology:Oligeriops

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Short description: Genus of flies

Oligeriops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Oligeriops

Hull, 1937[1]
Type species
Microdon chalybeus
Ferguson, 1926
Species
  • Oligeriops chalybeus
  • Oligeriops dimorphon
  • Oligeriops iridomyrmex
  • Oligeriops moestus
  • Oligeriops occidentalis

Oligeriops is a genus of hoverfly from Australia . They are characterised by the reduced size of the eyes, and the genus includes five described species.[2] It was previously considered a synonym of Microdon.[2]

Species

  • Oligeriops chalybeus (Ferguson, 1926)
  • Oligeriops dimorphon (Ferguson, 1926)
  • Oligeriops iridomyrmex (Shannon, 1927)
  • Oligeriops moestus (Ferguson, 1926)
  • Oligeriops occidentalis (Ferguson, 1926)

References

  1. ↑ Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies". Psyche 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1937/046960.pdf. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. PMID 23798897. Bibcode: 2013ZooK..288....1R. 

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