Ubristes
| Ubristes | |
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| Holotype of Ubristes flavitibia | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ubristes Walker, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Ubristes flavitibia Walker, 1852
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Ubristes is a genus of hoverflies, with four known species.[1][2] All are characterized by their metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. These flies are probably mimics of the stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini.[3]
The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable within this group.[3] The type species of Carreramyia, Hypselosyrphus and Stipomorpha were formerly included in Ubristes; the latter two genera were also considered subgroups of Ubristes. All three are now considered separate genera by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).[2]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]They are native to the Neotropics.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]- U. flavitibia Walker, 1852
- U. ictericus Reemer, 2013[4]
- U. jaguarinus Reemer, 2013[4]
- U. rex Reemer, 2017[1]
References
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