Rhoga

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Rhoga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Rhoga
Walker, 1857
Type species
Rhoga lutescens
Walker, 1857
Synonyms
  • Papiliomyia Hull, 1937

Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species.[1] All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.[2]

Larvae are found in ant nests.

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