Aristosyrphus
Genus of flies
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Aristosyrphus is a genus of Neotropical hoverflies.[1]
| Aristosyrphus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Aristosyrphus primus Curran, 1941 | |
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Species
The genus contains 15 species, divided into two subgenera Aristosyrphus and Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947:[1][2]
Subgenus Aristosyrphus
- A. barrettoi Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Goias)
- A. bellus Marinoni, 2008[3] – Brazil (Amazonas)
- A. boraceiensis (Papavero, 1962)
- A. brunneus Thompson, 2008[3] – Costa Rica & Brazil (São Paulo)
- A. carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
- A. elegans Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Roraima)
- A. elongatus Hull, 1943
- A. fortuitus Ramirez, 2008[3] – Mexico (Jalisco)
- A. minutus Thompson, 2004
- A. obscurus Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
- A. primus Curran, 1941
- A. samperi Thompson, 2008[3] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica
Subgenus Eurypterosyrphus
- A. currani (Goot, 1964)
- A. macropterus (Curran, 1941)
- A. melanopterus Barretto & Lane, 1947
