Alipumilio Explained

Alipumilio is a South American genus of 12 species of hoverfly.^[1] Where known these flies breed in sap flowing from trees, examples having been reared from the sap of Araucaria.

Species

• A. athesphatus Thompson, 2009
• A. avispas Vockeroth, 1964
• A. femoratus Shannon, 1927
• A. nigrocoeruleus Vockeroth, 1964
• A. pullatus Vockeroth, 1964

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Notes and References

1. Rotheray, G. E., M. A. Marcos-García, E. G. Hancock and F. S.Gilbert. 2000. The systematic position of Alipumilio and Nausigaster based on early stages (Diptera, Syrphidae). Stud. Dipterol. 7(1): 133-144. http://ecology.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/pdf%20files/2000%20Rotheray%20et%20al_alipumilio%20&%20nausigaster.pdf
2. Web site: F. C. . Thompson . Vockeroth, J. R.. Sedman, Y. S. . A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae . Museu de Zoologia . São Paulo, Brasil . 25 February 2011.