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Doros (fly)

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Genus of flies

Doros
Doros profuges depicted in Fauna Germanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Doros
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Syrphus conopseus
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms

Doros is a genus of hoverflies. They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight. They have very limited flight period.

Species

(* Caution with historical usage of "Doros conopseus (Fabricius, 1775)" from misidentified material, elsewhere an unjustified emendation of Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758).

References

  1. Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
  2. Matsumura, Shōnen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan. Additamenta. Vol. 2 (Diptera). Tokyo: Keisei-sha. pp. 185-474 + , pls. 16-25.
  3. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
  4. Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  5. Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  6. Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Centuria Quarta. Berl. Ent. Z. 7: 275–326.
  7. Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  9. Smirnov, E. S. (1926). "Eine neue Doros-Art aus Zentral-Asien". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91 (A): 65–69.
Taxon identifiers
Doros
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