Rhopalosyrphus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Microdontinae
Genus: Rhopalosyrphus
Rhopalosyrphus sensu stricto:
Species (5): R. australis – R. ecuadoriensis – R. guentherii – R. ramulorum – R. robustus

Rhopalosyrphus sensu lato:
Species (4): R. abnormis – R. abnormoides – R. cerioides – R. oreokawensis

Name

Rhopalosyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891: 189

Type species: Holmbergia guentherii Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891, by subsequent designation of Giglio-Tos (1892: 2).

Synonyms

• Holmbergia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891: 196. See Weems et al. (2003) and Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.
  • Type species: Holmbergia guentherii Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891, by monotypy.

References

• Cheng, X.-Y. & Thompson, F.C. 2008. A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China. Zootaxa 1879: 21–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Reemer, M. & Ståhls, G. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 288: 1–213. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 . Reference page. 
• Weems, H.V., Thompson, F.C., Rotheray, G. & Deyrup, M.A. 2003. The Genus Rhopalosyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae). Florida Entomologist 86(2): 186–193. DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0186:TGRDS]2.0.CO;2 . PDF.