Dissoptera

Dissoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Eristalina
Genus:	Dissoptera ; Edwards, 1915
Synonyms
	XenozoonHull, 1949

Last updated December 15, 2025

Dissoptera is a genus of hoverflies, insects in the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. It consists of seven species distributed through the Australasian and Oriental regions.^[1]

Species

Dissoptera clarkei Shiraki, 1963^[1]
Dissoptera gressitti Shiraki, 1963
Dissoptera heterothrix (Meijere, 1908)
Dissoptera maritima Hull, 1929
Dissoptera palauensis Shiraki, 1963
Dissoptera unicolor Bezzi, 1928
Dissoptera yapensis Shiraki, 1963^[1]

References

1 2 3 Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa . 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.

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[Thompson2003-1] 1 2 3 Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa . 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.

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