Xanthandrus Explained

Xanthandrus is a small genus of hoverflies.^[1]

Species

• X. azorensis Frey, 1945
• X. bucephalus (Wiedemann), 1830^[2]
• X. comtus (Harris, 1780)^[3]
• X. congensis Curran, 1938^[4]
• X. cubanus Fluke, 1936^[5]
• X. flavomaculatus Shannon, 1927^[5]
• X. mellinoides (Macquart), 1846^[5]
• X. mexicanus Curran, 1930
• X. nitidulus Fluke, 1937^[5]
• X. palliatus (Fluke), 1945^[5]
• X. parhyalinatus (Bigot, 1822)^[5]
• X. plaumanni Fluke, 1937^[5]

Former species

• Xanthandrus biguttatus Hull, 1945 – now considered a junior synonym of Argentinomyia longicornis^[5]

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. Marinoni . Luciane . Thompson . F. Christian . 2003 . Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species . Studia dipterologica . 10 . 2 . 565–578 . 0945-3954 .
3. 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 . 28 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020082104/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Diptera/Syrphidae.htm . 20 October 2008.
4. Curran. C.H. . 1938 . Records and description of African Syrphidae. – II (Diptera) . American Museum Novitates . 1010 . 1–20 .
5. Borges . Zuleica M. . Pamplona . Denise M. . 2003 . Revision of the Neotropical Xanthandrus Verral (Diptera, Syrphidae) . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 47 . 2 . 155–167 . 10.1590/s0085-56262003000200002. free .