Global InformationParocyptamus information
| Parocyptamus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Diptera
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| Family: | Syrphidae
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| Subfamily: | Microdontinae
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| Genus: | Parocyptamus Shiraki, 1930
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| Type species | |
| Parocyptamus sonamii Shiraki, 1930
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Parocyptamus is a genus of hoverflies, with two known species.[1] The critical characteristic is the narrow, elongated abdomen.[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.
- ^ 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. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.