Bardistopus
Bardistopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | Diptera
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Family: | Syrphidae
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Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Bardistopus Mann, 1920
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Species: | B. papuanum
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Binomial name | |
Bardistopus papuanum Mann, 1920
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Bardistopus is a genus of hoverflies containing one species, Bardistopus papuanum. The original description erroneously stated the species was based on two female specimens; they are in fact both males.[1]
Biology[]
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution[]
They are endemic to the Solomon Islands.
References[]
- ^ Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
Categories:
- Hoverfly genera
- Diptera of Australasia
- Monotypic Diptera genera
- Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands