Oligeriops

Oligeriops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Oligeriops; Hull, 1937
Type species
	Microdon chalybeus; Ferguson, 1926
Species
	Oligeriops chalybeus; Oligeriops dimorphon; Oligeriops iridomyrmex; Oligeriops moestus; Oligeriops occidentalis;

Oligeriops is a genus of hoverfly from Australia. They are characterised by the reduced size of the eyes, and the genus includes five described species.^[2] It was previously considered a synonym of Microdon.^[2]

Species[edit]

Oligeriops chalybeus (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops dimorphon (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops iridomyrmex (Shannon, 1927)
Oligeriops moestus (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops occidentalis (Ferguson, 1926)

References[edit]

^ Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
^ ^a ^b Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.

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[Hull1937a-1] Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.

[Reemer2013-2] Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.

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