Rhoga
Genus of flies
| 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.[1] 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.[2]
Biology
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
They are native to the Neotropics.[2]
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.
- ^ 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.
