''Alipumilio'' is a

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of 12 species of

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. Where known these flies breed in sap flowing from trees, examples having been reared from the sap of ''

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Species

*'' A. athesphatus'' Thompson, 2009 *'' A. avispas'' Vockeroth, 1964 *'' A. femoratus'' Shannon, 1927 *'' A. nigrocoeruleus'' Vockeroth, 1964 *'' A. pullatus'' Vockeroth, 1964

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Diptera of South America Hoverfly genera Eumerini {{Syrphidae-stub