Hypselosyrphus trigonus
Hypselosyrphus trigonus | |
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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.