Tiquicia

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Tiquicia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Tiquicia
Thompson, 2012
Synonyms
  • CostaricaMengual & Thompson, 2009 (Homonym)
  • Allograpta (Costarica)Mengual & Thompson, 2009

Tiquicia is a genus in the family Syrphidae ("hover flies"). It was previously considered to be a subgenus of Allograpta . [1] It was first described as Allograpta (Costarica) in 2009. [2]

Species

Tiquicia nishida (Mengual & Thompson, 2009)
Tiquicia zumbadoi (Thompson, 2000)

References

  1. Thompson, F. Christian (2012). "Costarica Mengual & Thompson, 2009 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) junior homonym of Costarica Kocak & Kemal, 2008 (Insecta: Orthoptera): Proposed replacement by Tiquicia nom. nov". Zootaxa . 3360 (1): 68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3360.1.3 . ISSN   1175-5326.
  2. Mengual, Ximo; Ruiz, Carlos; Rojo, Santos; Ståhls, Gunilla; Thompson, F. Christian (31 August 2009). "A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species". Zootaxa . 2214: 1–28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2214.1.1 . hdl: 10045/12305 . ISSN   1175-5326.