Xanthandrus

Xanthandrus
Xanthandrus comtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae
Tribe:	Melanostomini
Genus:	Xanthandrus Verrall, 1901
Type species
Musca comtus [1] Harris, 1780 [2]

Xanthandrus is a small genus of hoverflies. ^[3]

Species

• X. azorensis Frey, 1945
• X. bucephalus (Wiedemann), 1830 ^[4]
• X. comtus (Harris, 1780) ^{[2] [5]}
• X. congensis Curran, 1938 ^{[1] [6]}
• X. cubanus Fluke, 1936 ^[7]
• X. flavomaculatus Shannon, 1927 ^[7]
• X. mellinoides (Macquart), 1846 ^[7]
• X. mexicanus Curran, 1930
• X. nitidulus Fluke, 1937 ^[7]
• X. palliatus (Fluke), 1945 ^[7]
• X. parhyalinatus (Bigot, 1822) ^[7]
• X. plaumanni Fluke, 1937 ^[7]

Former species

• Xanthandrus biguttatus Hull, 1945 – now considered a junior synonym of Argentinomyia longicornis ^[7]

References

1. Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN   0565-00821-8.
2. Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
3. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN   1-899935-03-7.
4. Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN   0945-3954.
5. Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
6. Curran, C.H. (1938). "Records and description of African Syrphidae. – II (Diptera)". American Museum Novitates (1010): 1–20.
7. Borges, Zuleica M.; Pamplona, Denise M. (2003). "Revision of the Neotropical Xanthandrus Verral (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 47 (2): 155–167. doi: 10.1590/s0085-56262003000200002 .