Global InformationRhopalosyrphus information
| Rhopalosyrphus | |
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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: | Rhopalosyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891
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| Type species | |
| Holmbergia guentherii Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
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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]
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- ^ Weems, Howard V.; Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham; Deyrup, Mark A. (2003). "The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Florida Entomologist. 86 (2). Florida: 186–193. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b 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.