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Chamaesphegina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Syrphidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Subfamily
  
Eristalinae

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Chamaesphegina is a genus of South American hoverflies.

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Description

Shining bare elongate flies, face concave, with slightly projecting epistome. The hind margin of the scutellum forming a well defined ridge. Abdomen is elongate and more or less parallel sided, wings are long and slender. Legs are simple, with the hind femora with minute bristles. The genus was first described from 4 female specimens.

Species

  • C. argentifacies Shannon & Aubertin, 1933
  • C. macra (Enderlein, 1938)

    • References

    Chamaesphegina Wikipedia
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