Rhoga

Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species.[1] All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.[2]

Rhoga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Rhoga

Walker, 1857
Type species
Rhoga lutescens
Walker, 1857
Synonyms
  • Papiliomyia Hull, 1937

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to the Neotropics.[2]

Species
  • R. lutescens Walker, 1857
  • R. maculata (Shannon, 1927)
  • R. mellea (Curran, 1940)
  • R. sepulchrasilva (Hull, 1937)
  • R. xanthoprosopus Barretto & Lane, 1947
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References
  1. 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.
  2. Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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