Malometasternum rufocaudata

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Malometasternum rufocaudata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Criorhinina
Genus: Malometasternum
Species:
M. rufocaudata
Binomial name
Malometasternum rufocaudata
(Ferguson, 1926) [1]
Synonyms
  • Criorrhina rufocaudataFerguson, 1926 [1]
  • Malometasternum scutellaris Shannon, 1927 [2]

Malometasternum rufocaudata is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [3]

Distribution

Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ferguson, E.W. (1926). "Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part ii with a supplement to part i." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 51: 517–544. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1927). "A new genus and five new species of Syrphidae from Australia (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 29: 82–87. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. Evenhuis, Neal L. (1989). "Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions" (PDF). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication. 86. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.: 1–1155. Retrieved 28 July 2021.