Milesia bequaerti

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Milesia bequaerti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Milesiina
Genus: Milesia
Species:
M. bequaerti
Binomial name
Milesia bequaerti
(Doesburg, 1955) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pogonosyrphus bequaertiDoesburg, 1955 [1]

Milesia bequaerti is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [2]

Distribution

Congo.

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References

  1. 1 2 Doesburg, P.H. van (1955). "Two new Pogonosyrphus and one new Milesia from Belgian Congo (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 51: 81–84.
  2. Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN   0565 00821 8.