Ferdinandea (hoverfly)

Ferdinandea is a genus of syrphid flies or hoverflies in the family Syrphidae. There are about 16 described species in Ferdinandea.[1][2][3]

Ferdinandea
Ferdinandea cuprea female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Rhingiini
Genus: Ferdinandea
Róndani, 1844
Type species
Conops cuprea
Scopoli, 1763
Synonyms

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Ferdinandea:[4][5][6]

  • Ferdinandea aeneicolor Shannon, 1924
  • Ferdinandea aurea Rondani, 1844
  • Ferdinandea buccata (Loew, 1863)
  • Ferdinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877)
  • Ferdinandea cuprea (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Ferdinandea dives (Osten Sacken, 1877)
  • Ferdinandea formosana Shiraki, 1930
  • Ferdinandea fumipennis Kassebeer, 1999
  • Ferdinandea isabella Hull, 1942
  • Ferdinandea longifacies Coe, 1964
  • Ferdinandea luteola Mutin, 1999
  • Ferdinandea maculipennis Curran, 1928
  • Ferdinandea montana Hull, 1942
  • Ferdinandea nepalensis Claussen & Weipert, 2003
  • Ferdinandea nigripes (Osten Sacken, 1877)
  • Ferdinandea ruficornis (Fabricius, 1775)

References
  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
  2. Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  3. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  4. "Ferdinandea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. "Ferdinandea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

Further reading
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