Omegasyrphus
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Genus: | Omegasyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891
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Loew, 1864
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Omegasyrphus is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. These are small Microdontinae flies with a distinctive abdominal shape; the second segment is widened, flattened, and flared, with its lateral margin subcircular, thickened, and rounded, and the rest of abdomen (third–fifth segments) narrowed and cylindrical.[1] Larvae are found in ant nests. They are native to southern North America.[1] The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Microdon.[2]
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References[]
- ^ a b Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
- ^ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
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- Hoverfly genera
- Diptera of North America
- Taxa named by Ermanno Giglio-Tos
- Microdontinae
- Syrphidae stubs