Meropidia rufa

Meropidia rufa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Subtribe:	Tropidiina
Genus:	Meropidia
Species:	M. rufa
Binomial name
	Meropidia rufa; Thompson

Last updated June 19, 2025

Meropidia rufa is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.^[2]

Distribution

Ecuador.

References

↑ Hippa, H.; Thompson, F. Christian (1983). "Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from South America" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 35: 109–115. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
↑ Morales, Mírian N.; Ståhls, Gunilla; Hippa, Heikki (2013). "Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains". ZooKeys (338): 55–65. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.338.6093 . PMC 11331625 . Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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[HippaThompson1983-1] Hippa, H.; Thompson, F. Christian (1983). "Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from South America" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 35: 109–115. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[MoralesStåhlsHippa2013-2] Morales, Mírian N.; Ståhls, Gunilla; Hippa, Heikki (2013). "Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains". ZooKeys (338): 55–65. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.338.6093 . PMC 11331625 . Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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