Aristosyrphus Explained

Aristosyrphus is a genus of Neotropical hoverflies.^[1]

Species

The genus contains 15 species, divided into two subgenera Aristosyrphus and Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947:^{[1] [2]}

Subgenus Aristosyrphus

• A. barrettoi Thompson, 2008^[3] – Brazil (Goias)
• A. bellus Marinoni, 2008^[3] – Brazil (Amazonas)
• A. boraceiensis (Papavero, 1962)
• A. brunneus Thompson, 2008^[3] – Costa Rica & Brazil (São Paulo)
• A. carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
• A. elegans Thompson, 2008^[3] – Brazil (Roraima)
• A. elongatus Hull, 1943
• A. fortuitus Ramirez, 2008^[3] – Mexico (Jalisco)
• A. minutus Thompson, 2004
• A. obscurus Thompson, 2008^[3] – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
• A. primus Curran, 1941
• A. samperi Thompson, 2008^[3] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Subgenus Eurypterosyrphus

• A. currani (Goot, 1964)
• A. macropterus (Curran, 1941)
• A. melanopterus Barretto & Lane, 1947

Notes and References

1. Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson . 2008 . A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China . . 1879 . 21–48 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . free .
2. Menno . Reemer. Gunilla. Ståhls. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys. 288. 1–213. 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. 23798897. 3690914 . free .
3. F. Christian Thompson & Luciane Marinoni . 2008 . The genus Aristosyrphus Curran (Diptera: Syrphidae) . Studia Dipterologica . Supplement . in press . Abstract.