Rhopalosyrphus

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]

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

Type species
Holmbergia guentherii
Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
Synonyms
  • Holmbergia Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891

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. 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.
  2. Weems, Howard V.; Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham; Deyrup, Mark A. (2003). "The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Florida Entomologist. Florida. 86 (2): 186–193. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  3. 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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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