Ubristes jaguarinus

Ubristes jaguarinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Flies
Suborder:	Aschiza
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Ubristes
Species:	U. jaguarinus
Binomial name
	Ubristes jaguarinus; Reemer, 2013

Ubristes rex sp. n., a hoverfly of the subfamily Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) is described from northern Brazil (Roraima). A diagnosis and a key are provided for distinguishing this species from the other three known species of Ubristes, which are all Neotropical. Information on distribution and habitat of all known Ubristes species is summarized. A brief comment is made on the decision to describe this species based on a single female specimen

Diagnosis

Description

HOLOTYPE. COSTA RICA. Male. Label 1: "COSTA RICA. Prov. Guanacaste, Z.P. / Nosara. Hojancha, R.F. Monte Alto, / Send. La Ceiba, 500-600 m., 17 AUG / 2001. I. Jimenez, Libre / L_N_221650_382750#64060"; label 2: "INB0003350605 / INBIOCRI COSTA RICA"; label 3 (red): "Ultimo especimen en / B.D. A. Lépiz / 2.7.2002" / other side: "?MCR-10". Coll. INBIO.

Distribution

Neotropical: Costa Rica

Biology

REFERENCES

Reemer, Menno, 2013, Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 3697 (1) on pages 49-51

Reemer, Menno (2017). "Ubristes rex sp. n., a new microdontine hoverfly from northern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae: Microdontinae)". Zootaxa. 4362 (2): 280–286