Rhopalosyrphus Explained

Rhopalosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species.^[1] The adults flies mimic wasps, such as Zethus.^{[2] [3]} The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.^[3]

Species

Sensu stricto

• Rhopalosyrphus australis Thompson, 2003^[2]
• Rhopalosyrphus ecuadoriensis Reemer, 2013^[1]
• Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) (= R. carolae Capelle, 1956)
• Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003^[2]
• Rhopalosyrphus robustus Reemer, 2013^[1]

Sensu lato

• Rhopalosyrphus abnormis (Curran, 1925)
• Rhopalosyrphus abnormoides Reemer, 2013^[1]
• Rhopalosyrphus cerioides (Hull, 1943)
• Rhopalosyrphus oreokawensis Reemer, 2013^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Weems . Howard V. . Thompson . F. Christian . Rotheray . Graham . Deyrup . Mark A. . 2003 . The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae) . Florida Entomologist . 86 . 2 . 186–193 . Florida . 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;2 . free .
3. 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 . Zootaxa . 1879 . 21–48 . Magnolia Press . New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . 1175-5334 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2009-09-11 .