Meropidia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribus: Tropidiina
Genus: Meropidia
Species:
Name

Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983

Primary references

Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from South America. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), 35(9) 1983: 109–115.

References

Morales, M.N.; Ståhls, G.; Hippa, H. 2013: Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains. ZooKeys 338: 55–65. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.338.6093 Reference page.

Meropidia is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae.[2]
Species

Meropidia flavens Ståhls & Hippa, 2013[3]
Meropidia neurostigma Hippa, 1983[1]
Meropidia nigropilosa Thompson, 1983[1]
Meropidia nitida Morales, 2013[3]
Meropidia rufa Thompson, 1983[1]

References

Hippa, H.; Thompson, F. Christian (1983). "Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from South America" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 35: 109–115. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
Thompson, F. Christian; Vockeroth, J. Richard; Sedman, Yale S.; Papavero, N. (1976). "Family Syrphidae" (PDF). A Catalogue of the Diptera of Americas South of the United States. Sao Paulo: Museum of Zoology of the University of Sao Paulo. 46: 1–195. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
Morales, Mírian N.; Ståhls, Gunilla; Hippa, Heikki (2013). "Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains". ZooKeys (338): 55–65. doi:10.3897/zookeys.338.6093. Retrieved 13 August 2021.