Chrysidimyia

Chrysidimyia
Chrysidimyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Chrysidimyia
Hull, 1937[1]
Type species
Chrysidimyia chrysidimima
Hull, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Chysidimyia Hull 1937[1]

Chrysidimyia is a genus of hoverflies from Brazil. There are only 3 known species.[2] The genus was described for a small metallic green fly with dense punctation that had an "astonishing resemblance" to chrysidid wasps.[1]

Species

  • Chrysidimyia chrysidiformis Hull, 1944
  • Chrysidimyia chrysidimima Hull, 1937[1]
  • Chrysidimyia lazuli Hull, 1944

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Hull, Frank. M (1937). "A megamorphic and two curious mimetic flies" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Psyche (Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Entomological Club) 44 (4): 116–121. doi:10.1155/1937/67124. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1937/067124.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  2. ^ 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. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf.