Biology:Rhopalosyrphus
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Short description: Genus of flies
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| Genus: | Rhopalosyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891
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Rhopalosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species.[1] The adults flies mimic wasps, such as Zethus.[2][3] The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina .[3]
Species
Sensu stricto
- Rhopalosyrphus australis Thompson, 2003[2]
- Rhopalosyrphus ecuadoriensis Reemer, 2013[1]
- Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) (= R. carolae Capelle, 1956)
- Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003[2]
- Rhopalosyrphus robustus Reemer, 2013[1]
Sensu lato
- Rhopalosyrphus abnormis (Curran, 1925)
- Rhopalosyrphus abnormoides Reemer, 2013[1]
- Rhopalosyrphus cerioides (Hull, 1943)
- Rhopalosyrphus oreokawensis Reemer, 2013[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weems, Howard V.; Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham; Deyrup, Mark A. (2003). "The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Florida Entomologist (Florida) 86 (2): 186–193. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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