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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Tropidiina » Tropidia

Genus Tropidia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Syrphid - Tropidia quadrata Syrphid Fly - Tropidia quadrata 8047793 Syrph - Tropidia albistylum gold fly - Tropidia mamillata Tropidia albistylum - male Tropidia albistylum? - Tropidia albistylum Tropidia albistylum? - Tropidia albistylum Tropidia albistylum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Subtribe Tropidiina
Genus Tropidia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tropidia Lindl. is a genus of orchids
Explanation of Names
Tropidia Meigen 1822
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1), 23 total(2)
Range
most diverse in NA; 6 spp. S. America, 7 in the Old World (Eurasia, Africa); in our area, 6 spp. western, 3 eastern/midwestern, and one transcontinental(2)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by tom murray on 4 October, 2005 - 9:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2014 - 12:07pm

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