Rhoga
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| Rhoga | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Rhoga Walker, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Rhoga lutescens Walker, 1857
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species.[1] All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.[2]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]They are native to the Neotropics.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- R. lutescens Walker, 1857
- R. maculata (Shannon, 1927)
- R. mellea (Curran, 1940)
- R. sepulchrasilva (Hull, 1937)
- R. xanthoprosopus Barretto & Lane, 1947
References
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