Hypselosyrphus
There are six myrmecophilous species in this genus. Found in Mexico, host ants are Pachycondyla
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution |
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Hypselosyrphus amazonicus | Reemer, 2013 | ants | Neotropical: Peru |
Hypselosyrphus anax | Thompson, 1976 | ants | Neotropical: Brazil |
Hypselosyrphus corbiculipes | Papavero, 1962 | ants | Neotropical: Brazil |
Hypselosyrphus plaumanni | Curran, 1940 | ants | Neotropical: Brazil |
Hypselosyrphus trigonus | Hull, 1937 | Neoponera villosa | Neotropical: Belize, Mexico, Panama |
Hypselosyrphus ulopodus | Hull, 1944 | ants | Neotropical: Peru, Paraguay |
REFERENCES
- Hull, F.M. 1944. A study of some syrphid flies of South America. Revista Entomologia 15: 34-54.
- Pérez-Lachaud, G., Jervis, M. A., Reemer, M. and Lachaud, J.-P. (2014), An unusual, but not unexpected, evolutionary step taken by syrphid flies: the first record of true primary parasitoidism of ants by Microdontinae. Biol J Linn Soc Lond, 111: 462–472. doi:10.1111/bij.12220
- Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.