''Rhingia '' is a genus of hoverflies. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The

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are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on

nectar Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists ...

and

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by seed plants. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophyt ...

Species

*'' R. austriaca'' Meigen, 1830 *'' R. borealis'' Ringdahl 1928 *'' R. caerulescens'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. campestris'' Meigen, 1822 *'' R. cnephaeoptera''

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, 1915 *'' R. coerulea''

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, 1912 *'' R. congensis'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cuthbertsoni'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cyanoprora''

, 1910 *'' R. formosana'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' R. fuscipes''

, 1915 *'' R. laevigata'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. lutea''

, 1915 *'' R. mecyana''

, 1910 *'' R. nasica'' Say, 1823 *'' R. nigra'' Macquart, 1845 *'' R. orthoneurina''

, 1910 *'' R. pellucens''

, 1915 *'' R. pulcherrima''

, 1908 *'' R. pycnosoma''

, 1915 *'' R. rostrata'' ( Linnaeus,

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) *'' R. saskana'' Szilády, 1943 *'' R. semicaerulea'' Austen, 1893 *'' R. trivittata'' Curran, 1929

References

Bugguide.net. Genus ''Rhingia''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1253045 Hoverfly genera Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Eristalinae