Ubristes
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| Genus: | Ubristes Walker, 1852
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| Ubristes flavitibia Walker, 1852
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Ubristes is a genus of hoverflies, with four known species.[1][2] All are characterized by their metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. These flies are probably mimics of the stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini.[3]
The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable within this group.[3] The type species of Carreramyia, Hypselosyrphus and Stipomorpha were formerly included in Ubristes; the latter two genera were also considered subgroups of Ubristes. All three are now considered separate genera by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).[2]
Biology
[edit]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit]They are native to the Neotropics.[3]
Species
[edit]- U. flavitibia Walker, 1852
- U. ictericus Reemer, 2013[4]
- U. jaguarinus Reemer, 2013[4]
- U. rex Reemer, 2017[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Reemer, Menno (2017). "Ubristes rex sp. n., a new microdontine hoverfly from northern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae: Microdontinae)". Zootaxa. 4362 (2): 280–286. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.7. PMID 29245430.
- ^ a b Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
- ^ a b c Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ a b Reemer, Menno (2013). "Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3697 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1. PMID 26079022. S2CID 3968278.