Aristosyrphus

Aristosyrphus is a genus of Neotropical hoverflies.[1]

Aristosyrphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941
Type species
Aristosyrphus primus Curran, 1941
Synonyms
Paraceratophya Fluke, 1957 Protoceratophya Hull, 1949

Species

The genus contains 15 species, divided into two subgenera Aristosyrphus and Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947:[1][2]

Subgenus Aristosyrphus

• A. barrettoi Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Goias)
• A. bellus Marinoni, 2008[3] – Brazil (Amazonas)
• A. boraceiensis (Papavero, 1962)
• A. brunneus Thompson, 2008[3] – Costa Rica & Brazil (São Paulo)
• A. carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
• A. elegans Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Roraima)
• A. elongatus Hull, 1943
• A. fortuitus Ramirez, 2008[3] – Mexico (Jalisco)
• A. minutus Thompson, 2004
• A. obscurus Thompson, 2008[3] – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
• A. primus Curran, 1941
• A. samperi Thompson, 2008[3] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Subgenus Eurypterosyrphus

• A. currani (Goot, 1964)
• A. macropterus (Curran, 1941)
• A. melanopterus Barretto & Lane, 1947

References

1. Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48.
2. 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.
3. F. Christian Thompson & Luciane Marinoni (2008). "The genus Aristosyrphus Curran (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (Abstract). Studia Dipterologica (Supplement): in press.