Biology:Pterallastes

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Pterallastes
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Pterallastes thoracicus Male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Temnostomina
Genus: Pterallastes
Loew, 1863[1]
Type species
Pterallastes thoracicus
Loew, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudozetterstedtia Shiraki, 1930[2]
  • Pteralastes Loew, 1864[3]
  • Pterelastes Schiner, 1868[4]
  • Pterellastes Scudder, 1882[5]

Pterallastes is a genus of bee-mimicking hoverflies. So far the genus contains only two species, one in North America and one from the Sichuan province of China .[6][7]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 275–326. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9206113#page/309/mode/1up. Retrieved 22 July 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shiraki, T. (1930). "Die Syrphiden des japanischen Kaiserreichs, mit Berucksichtigung benachbarter Gebiete". Mem. Fac. Agric. Taihoku imp. Univ. 1: xx + 446 pp. 
  3. Loew, Hermann (1864). Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. 1. Berolini [=Berlin]: A.W. Schadii. pp. 266. 
  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. Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (1882). "Nomenclator zoologicus. Part 1. Supplemental list of genera in zoology". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 19 (1): xxi + 1–367. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/231713#page/9/mode/1up. Retrieved 23 July 2021. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Thompson, F. Christian (1974). "The Genus Pterallastes Loew (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (New York, USA: New York Entomological Society) 82 (1): 15–29. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/17057/ent_FCT_11.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. 
  7. Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 512. ISBN 9780691189406. 
  8. Thompson, F. Christian (1979). "A new Pterallastes species from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54: 297–299. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/18904/ent_FCT_32.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Retrieved 23 July 2021. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2745435 entry