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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Dioprosopa

Genus Dioprosopa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Pseudodoros clavatus - Dioprosopa clavata Larvae on Tropical Milkweed - Asclepias curassavica - Dioprosopa clavata Family Syrphidae-Syrphid Flies - Dioprosopa clavata Dioprosopa - Dioprosopa clavata Dioprosopa clavata Fly - Ocyptamus fascipennis ? - Dioprosopa clavata Family Syrphidae - Syrphid Fly larva - Dioprosopa clavata Hoverfly - Wasp mimic? - Dioprosopa clavata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini
Genus Dioprosopa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
this genus contains New World spp. formerly treated in Pseudodoros Becker 1903 (a monotypic Afrotropical genus, as currently defined)(1)
Explanation of Names
Dioprosopa Hull 1949
Numbers
a single species in our area, 2 spp. total(1)
Range
1 sp. from so. US to Chile & Argentina + one in Andes (Ecuador-Chile)(1)
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.Zur Gattung Pseudodoros Becker, 1903 (Diptera, Syrphidae)
Kassebeer C.F. 2000. Dipteron 3(1): 73-92.
2.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 February, 2005 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 August, 2017 - 7:52pm

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