Aristosyrphus

Aristosyrphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Aristosyrphus
Curran, 1941
Type species
Aristosyrphus primus
Curran, 1941
Synonyms
  • Paraceratophya Fluke, 1957
  • Protoceratophya Hull, 1949

Aristosyrphus is a genus of Neotropical hoverflies.[1]

Species

The genus contains 15 species, divided into two subgenera Aristosyrphus and Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947:[1][2]

Subgenus Aristosyrphus

  • Aristosyrphus barrettoi Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Goias)
  • Aristosyrphus bellus Marinoni, 2008[3] – Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Aristosyrphus boraceiensis (Papavero, 1962)
  • Aristosyrphus brunneus Thompson, 2008[3] – Costa Rica & Brazil (São Paulo)
  • Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
  • Aristosyrphus elegans Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Roraima)
  • Aristosyrphus elongatus Hull, 1943
  • Aristosyrphus fortuitus Ramirez, 2008[3] – Mexico (Jalisco)
  • Aristosyrphus minutus Thompson, 2004
  • Aristosyrphus obscurus Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
  • Aristosyrphus primus Curran, 1941
  • Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008[3] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Subgenus Eurypterosyrphus

  • Aristosyrphus currani (Goot, 1964)
  • Aristosyrphus macropterus (Curran, 1941)
  • Aristosyrphus melanopterus Barretto & Lane, 1947

References

  1. 1 2 Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48.
  2. ↑ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 288: 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F. Christian Thompson & Luciane Marinoni (2008). "The genus Aristosyrphus Curran (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (Abstract). Studia Dipterologica (Supplement): in press.


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