Biology:Syrphipogon
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Short description: Subgenus of flies
| Syrphipogon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Microdon |
| Subgenus: | Syrphipogon Hull, 1937[1] |
| Type species | |
| Syrphipogon fucatissimus Hull, 1937[1]
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Syrphipogon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. There are two known species.[2] They are very large microdontine flies of about 25 mm. They have a deeply sulcate scutellum and a facial mystax. They are mimics of the large bees of the genus Eulaema.[3]
Distribution
They are native to the Neotropics.[3]
Species
There are two species described in Syrphipogon:[2]
- M. fucatissimus (Hull, 1937)[1]
- M. gaigei Steyskal, 1953
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hull, Frank M. (1937). "A megamorphic and two curious mimetic flies". Psyche 44 (4): 116–121. doi:10.1155/1937/67124. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1937/067124.pdf. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7663513 entry
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