Hypselosyrphus trigonus

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Hypselosyrphus trigonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Flies
Suborder: Aschiza
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Hypselosyrphus
Species: H. trigonus
Binomial name
Hypselosyrphus trigonus
Hull, 1937

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following combination of characters: scutellum sulcate, alula entirely microtrichose, hind tibia brown and black pilose, abdomen orange to reddish brown.

Description

Distribution

Neotropical: Belize, Panama

Biology

Ant host: Neoponera villosa

REFERENCES

  • Duffield, R.M (1981). "Biology of Microdon fuscipennis (Diptera: Syrphidae) with interpretation of reproductive strategies of Microdon species found north of Mexico". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington D.C.: Allen Press. 83: 716–724.
  • Keiser, F. 1952. Syrphidae (Dipt.) von Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores und Timor. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Sumba-Expedition des Museums fur Volkerkunde und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, 1949. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 63: 153-175.