Doros (fly)

Doros
Doros profuges depicted in Fauna Germanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Doros
Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Syrphus conopseus
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms

Doros is a genus of hoverflies. They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight.[3][4] They have very limited flight period.[5]

Species

(* Caution with historical usage of "Doros conopseus (Fabricius, 1775)" from misidentified material, elsewhere an unjustified emendation of Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758).

References

  1. ^ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
  2. ^ Matsumura, Shōnen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan. Additamenta. Vol. 2 (Diptera). Tokyo: Keisei-sha. pp. 185-474 + [4], pls. 16-25.
  3. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
  4. ^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  5. ^ Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  6. ^ Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Centuria Quarta. Berl. Ent. Z. 7: 275–326.
  7. ^ Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. ^ Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  9. ^ Smirnov, E. S. (1926). "Eine neue Doros-Art aus Zentral-Asien". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91 (A): 65–69.