Afroxanthandrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Tribus: Melanostomini
Genus: Afroxanthandrus
Species: A. comorosensis – A. congensis – A. conopeum – A. longipilus

Name

Afroxanthandrus Kassebeer, 2000: 150

• Disputed; sometimes considered a synonym of Xanthandrus

Type species: Xanthandrus congensis Curran, 1938 [named as X. congoensis], by original designation

References

Primary references

• Kassebeer, C.F. 2000. Afroxanthandrus gen. nov. (Diptera, Syrphidae), eine neue Gattung der Syrphinae aus Westafrika. Dipteron 3(2): 149–158. Full text (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mengual, X. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships of the bacchine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular characters, with a description of a new species of Melanostoma (Schiner, 1860). Contributions to Zoology 89(2): 210–244. DOI: 10.1163/18759866-20191410 Reference page. 
• Midgley, J.M., Goergen, G. & Jordaens, K. 2024. A revision of the Afrotropical hover fly genus Afroxanthandrus Kassebeer, 2000 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with the description of two new species and one new synonymy. European Journal of Taxonomy 968(1): 60–85. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2717 Reference page. 

Links

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Afroxanthandrus Kassebeer, 2000: 150. Record #21799. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 13 April 2025.