''Ubristes'' is a
genus of
hoverflies, with four known species.
All are characterized by their
metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. These flies are probably mimics of the
stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini.
The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable within this group.
The type species of ''
Carreramyia
''Carreramyia'' is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species currently.
Biology
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
Distribution is Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth' ...
'', ''
Hypselosyrphus'' and ''
Stipomorpha'' were formerly included in ''Ubristes''; the latter two genera were also considered subgroups of ''Ubristes''. All three are now considered separate genera by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).
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Biology
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
They are native to the Neotropics.
Species
*'' U. flavitibia'' Walker, 1852
*'' U. ictericus'' Reemer, 2013[
*'' U. rex'' Reemer, 2017][
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References
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Hoverfly genera
Diptera of South America
Microdontinae
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)