Chymophila

Chymophila
Chymophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Chymophila
Macquart, 1834
Type species
Chymophila splendens
Macquart, 1834

Chymophila is a genus of hoverflies found across an area extending from the southern United States to Argentina. There are 19 species known.[1] Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.

Species

  • Chymophila englossoides (Gray, 1832)
  • Chymophila fulgens (Wiedemann, 1830)
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References

  1. ^ 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. 


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