Dioprosopa

Dioprosopa is a genus of drone flies in the family Syrphidae. There are at least two described species in the genus Dioprosopa, both found in the New World.

Dioprosopa was formerly considered a subgenus of Pseudodoros, but was promoted to genus rank as a result of phylogenetic studies in 2018.[1][2]

Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Dioprosopa:

Dioprosopa clavata (Fabricius 1794)
Dioprosopa vockerothi (Kassebeer, 2000)

References

"Dioprosopa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-19.

Mengual, Ximo; Ståhls, Gunilla; Láska, Pavel; Mazánek, Libor; et al. (2018). "Molecular phylogenetics of the predatory lineage of flower flies Eupeodes - Scaeva (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of the Neotropical genus Austroscaeva gen. nov". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 56. doi:10.1111/jzs.12212.

Further reading

McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
Miranda, G. F. G; Young, A. D.; Locke, M. M.; Marshall, S. A.; et al. (2013). "Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23: 1–351. doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.23.
Shorter, D. A.; Drew, W. A. (1976). "Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. 56: 75–94.