Orthoprosopa is a genus of hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.[2]

Orthoprosopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Tropidiina
Genus: Orthoprosopa
Macquart, 1850[1]
Type species
Orthoprosopa nigra

Species edit

Subgenus: Orthoprosopa Macquart, 1850[1]

Subgenus: Paratropidia Hull, 1949[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Macquart, P.J.M. (1850). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1849: 309–479, pls. 1–14. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Thompson, F.C. (1972). "The genus Paratropidia Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 74: 263–274.
  3. ^ Walker, F. (1835). "Characters of some undescribed New Holland Diptera". Entomol. Mag. 2: 468–473. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  5. ^ Hull, Frank Montgomery (1949). "The morphology and inter-relationship of the genera of syrphid flies, recent and fossil". Transactions of the Zoological Society. 26 (4): 257–408. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00224.x.
  6. ^ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
  7. ^ Ferguson, E.W. (1926). "Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part ii with a supplement to part i." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 51: 517–544. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ Hippa, H. (1980). "The genera Orthoprosopa Macquart and Paratropidia Hull (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of P. pacifica n. sp". Entomologica Scandinavica. 11: 231–235.