| Afrosyrphus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Afrosyrphus Curran, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Afrosyrphus varipes [1] Curran, 1927 | |
Afrosyrphus is an African genus of hoverfly. They mimic stingless bees, having long, upward pointing antennae and hairy hind legs. Larvae feed on aphids. [1] [2]
Currently, there are two described species.
Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda. [1] [2]
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The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Most look rather like small houseflies, but are commonly drab grey. The genus Anthomyia, in contrast, is generally conspicuously patterned in black-and-white or black-and-silvery-grey. Most are difficult to identify, apart from a few groups such as the kelp flies that are conspicuous on beaches.
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Cemocarus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Dactylonotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Six of the species in the genus are found in southern Africa, though one species, Dactylonotus formosus, is found in New Zealand.
Nurteria is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, found in the Afrotropical realm. Three species are currently known in the genus, but there are also numerous undescribed species of the genus from southern Africa. It was originally described in the subfamily Diaphorinae, though it possesses some features of the Sympycninae.
Tenuopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Tenuopodinae, which was created by Igor Grichanov in 2018. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Neurigoninae, and it also shares some features of Peloropeodinae and Sciapodinae. All species are known from the Afrotropical realm.
The Syrphini are a tribe of hoverflies.
Rhagioninae is a worldwide subfamily of predatory snipe flies.
Brian Roy Stuckenberg was a South African entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
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Pseudoparaclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was established by Igor Grichanov in 2006, for 14 species from Africa that were originally placed in Paracleius. Two additional species were described in 2015 and 2020.
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