Conops (subgenus)

Conops

Conops flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Conopidae
Subfamily:	Conopinae
Tribe:	Conopini
Genus:	Conops
Subgenus:	Conops Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
C. flavipes Linnaeus, 1758

Conops is a subgenus of flies from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae.^[1]

The European species of the subgenus are:

C. ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824
C. flavicaudus (Bigot, 1880)
C. flavipes Linnaeus, 1758
C. maculatus Macquart, 1834
C. quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
C. rufiventris Macquart, 1849
C. silaceus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
C. scutellatus Meigen, 1804
C. strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

References

^ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.

This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Conopoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.