Doros (fly) explained

Doros is a genus of hoverflies. They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight.^{[1] [2]} They have very limited flight period.^[3]

Species

• Doros aequalis Loew, 1863^[4]
• Doros destillatorius Mik, 1885
• Doros profuges (Harris, 1780)^{[5] [6]} (*)
• Doros rohdendorfi Smirnov, 1926^[7]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E. . Falk . Steven J. . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide . 2nd . 1983 . . London . 1-899935-03-7 . 253, xvpp .
2. Book: Ball . S.G. . Morris . R.K.A. . Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) . 2000 . Biological Record Centre . Monks Wood, UK . 1-870393-54-6 . 167 pages .
3. Book: Veen, M.P. van . Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae . hardback . 2004 . KNNV Publishing . Utrecht . 90-5011-199-8 . 254 .
4. Loew. Hermann. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Quarta. Berl. Ent. Z.. 1863. 7. 275–326.
5. Book: Harris . M.. An exposition of English insects. Decads III, IV. 1780. Robson Co.. London. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. 16 July 2021.
6. Web site: A.V. Barkalov. Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum . the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Novosibirsk, Russia . 29 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020082104/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Diptera/Syrphidae.htm . October 20, 2008.
7. Smirnov. E. S.. Eine neue Doros-Art aus Zentral-Asien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 1926. 91. A. 65–69.