Rhingia

Rhingia
	Rhingia campestris female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Rhingiini
Genus:	Rhingia; Scopoli, 1763
Type species
	Conops rostrata[1]; Linnaeus, 1758

Rhingia is a genus of hoverflies. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The larva are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on nectar and pollen.[2]

Rhingia nasica male

Species

R. austriaca Meigen, 1830
R. borealis Ringdahl 1928
R. caerulescens Loew, 1858[1]
R. campestris Meigen, 1822
R. cnephaeoptera Speiser, 1915[1]
R. coerulea Bezzi, 1912[1]
R. congensis Curran, 1939[1]
R. cuthbertsoni Curran, 1939[1]
R. cyanoprora Speiser, 1910[1]
R. formosana Shiraki, 1930
R. fuscipes Bezzi, 1915[1]
R. laevigata Loew, 1858
R. lutea Bezzi, 1915[1]
R. mecyana Speiser, 1910[1]
R. nasica Say, 1823
R. nigra Macquart, 1845 [3]
R. orthoneurina Speiser, 1910[1]
R. pellucens Bezzi, 1915[1]
R. pulcherrima Bezzi, 1908[1]
R. pycnosoma Bezzi, 1915[1]
R. rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
R. saskana Szilády, 1943[1]
R. semicaerulea Austen, 1893[1]
R. trivittata Curran, 1929[1]

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References

Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print)|format= requires |url= (help). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8.
Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-4-0.
Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia Dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.

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[Afrotropical-1] Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print)|format= requires |url= (help). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8.

[2] Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-4-0.

[Marinoni-3] Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia Dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.