Dissoptera

Dissoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Eristalina
Genus: Dissoptera
Edwards, 1915
Synonyms

Xenozoon Hull, 1949

Dissoptera is a genus of hoverflies, insects in the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. It consists of seven species distributed through the Australasian and Oriental regions.[1]

Species

  • Dissoptera clarkei Shiraki, 1963 [1]
  • Dissoptera gressitti Shiraki, 1963
  • Dissoptera heterothrix (Meijere, 1908)
  • Dissoptera maritima Hull, 1929
  • Dissoptera palauensis Shiraki, 1963
  • Dissoptera unicolor Bezzi, 1928
  • Dissoptera yapensis Shiraki, 1963 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.