Aristosyrphus

Aristosyrphus is a genus of Neotropical hoverflies.[1]

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

Curran, 1941
Type species
Aristosyrphus primus
Curran, 1941
Synonyms
  • Paraceratophya Fluke, 1957
  • Protoceratophya Hull, 1949

Species

The genus contains 15 species, divided into two subgenera Aristosyrphus and Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947:[1][2]

Subgenus Aristosyrphus
  • A. barrettoi Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Goias)
  • A. bellus Marinoni, 2008[3] – Brazil (Amazonas)
  • A. boraceiensis (Papavero, 1962)
  • A. brunneus Thompson, 2008[3] – Costa Rica & Brazil (São Paulo)
  • A. carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
  • A. elegans Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Roraima)
  • A. elongatus Hull, 1943
  • A. fortuitus Ramirez, 2008[3] – Mexico (Jalisco)
  • A. minutus Thompson, 2004
  • A. obscurus Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
  • A. primus Curran, 1941
  • A. samperi Thompson, 2008[3] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Subgenus Eurypterosyrphus
  • A. currani (Goot, 1964)
  • A. macropterus (Curran, 1941)
  • A. melanopterus Barretto & Lane, 1947

References
  1. Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48.
  2. 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.
  3. F. Christian Thompson & Luciane Marinoni (2008). "The genus Aristosyrphus Curran (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (Abstract). Studia Dipterologica (Supplement): in press.


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