Oligeriops

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]

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

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" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
  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.
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