| Oligeriops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Oligeriops Hull, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| Microdon chalybeus Ferguson, 1926 | |
| Species | |
Oligeriops is a genus of hoverfly from Australia. They are characterised by the reduced size of the eyes, and the genus includes five described species. It was previously considered a synonym of Microdon.
Species
- Oligeriops chalybeus (Ferguson, 1926)
- Oligeriops dimorphon (Ferguson, 1926)
- Oligeriops iridomyrmex (Shannon, 1927)
- Oligeriops moestus (Ferguson, 1926)
- Oligeriops occidentalis (Ferguson, 1926)
References
- Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
- ^ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oligeriops | |
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