''Rhopalosyrphus'' is a
genus
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of
hoverflies
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, with nine known species.
The adults flies
mimic
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wasps, such as ''
Zethus''.
The
larva
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The ...
e are predators of
ant
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brood. They are native to from southern
United States
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to northern
Argentina
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.
Species
Sensu stricto
*''
Rhopalosyrphus australis
''Rhopalosyrphus'' is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as '' Zethus''. The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Species Sensu st ...
''
Thompson
Thompson may refer to:
People
* Thompson (surname)
* Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician
Places Australia
*Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality
Bulgaria
* Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province
Canada
* ...
, 2003
*''
Rhopalosyrphus ecuadoriensis''
Reemer, 2013[
*'']Rhopalosyrphus guentherii
''Rhopalosyrphus'' is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as '' Zethus''. The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Species Sensu st ...
'' (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) (= ''R. carolae'' Capelle, 1956)
*''Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum
''Rhopalosyrphus'' is a genus of hoverfly, hoverflies, with nine known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as ''Zethus (genus), Zethus''. The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Arg ...
'' Weems & Deyrup, 2003
Sensu lato
*'' Rhopalosyrphus abnormis'' (Curran, 1925)
*'' Rhopalosyrphus abnormoides'' Reemer, 2013[
*'' Rhopalosyrphus cerioides'' (Hull, 1943)
*'']Rhopalosyrphus oreokawensis
''Rhopalosyrphus'' is a genus of hoverflies, with nine known species. The adults flies mimic wasps, such as '' Zethus''. The larvae are predators of ant brood. They are native to from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Species Sensu st ...
'' Reemer, 2013[
]
References
Hoverfly genera
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Microdontinae
Taxa named by Ermanno Giglio-Tos
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