| Rhoga | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Rhoga Walker, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Rhoga lutescens Walker, 1857 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.
Biology
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
They are native to the Neotropics.
Species
- R. lutescens Walker, 1857
- R. maculata (Shannon, 1927)
- R. mellea (Curran, 1940)
- R. sepulchrasilva (Hull, 1937)
- R. xanthoprosopus Barretto & Lane, 1947
References
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rhoga | |