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Genus Rhingia


Contribution to a monograph of the American Syrphidae from north of Mexico
By Curran C.H.
Kans. U. Sci. Bull. 15: 7-216, 1925

The Syrphidae of Ohio
By Metcalf C.L.
Ohio State U. 122 pp., 1913
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A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry
By Penney H.D., Hassall C., Skevington J.H., Abbott K.R., Sherratt T.N.
Nature 483: 461–464, 2012

The evolution of imperfect mimicry in hoverflies
By Gilbert F.
Insect Evolutionary Ecology: Proc. Royal Ent. Society's 22nd Symposium: 231–288, 2005

Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): evidence from larval stages
By Rotheray G., Gilbert F.
Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 127: 1-112, 1999

Notes on collecting syrphid flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
By Weems H.V., Jr.
The Florida Entomologist 36: 91-98, 1953

Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
By Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C.
Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351, 2013

Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)
By Shorter D.A., Drew W.A.
Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 56: 75‒94, 1976