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Toxomerus Macquart 1855

Description

Genus Toxomerus Macquart

Toxomerus Macquart, 1855:112 (1855:92). Type species, notatus Macquart (orig. des.) = geminatus (Say). Refs.: Hull, 1941:45–49 (key); Thompson, 1981:66 (key); Thompson, 1999a:326 (key); Metz & Thompson, 2001:225 –256 (rev. of larger spp.); Thompson & Thompson, 2006:317 –331 (rev. of Chilean spp); Marinoni et al. 2007:149, 150 (desc, key, illustrations); Borges & Couri, 2009:1 –72 (rev. of Brazilian spp.); Reemer, 2010:190 –194 (rev. of Surinam spp.); Mengual, 2011:1 –26 (rev. of Black–tie dress spp.).

Mesogramma Loew, 1866a:157 (1872b:31) (name preocc. by Stephens, 1850). Type species, parvula Loew (Williston, 1887:98).

Mesograpta Loew, 1872:114 (1872b:290) (nom. nov. for Mesogramma Loew). Type species, parvula Loew (aut.).

Mitrosphen Enderlein, 1938:227. Type species, Syrphus tibicen Wiedemann (orig. des.).

Antiops Enderlein, 1938:228. Type species, Mesograpta? saphiridiceps Bigot (orig. des.).

Notes

Published as part of Montoya, Augusto L., 2016, FAMILY SYRPHIDAE, pp. 457-537 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.39, http://zenodo.org/record/259323

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Toxomerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Macquart
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 sec. Montoya, 2016

References

  • Macquart, J. (1855) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5 a supplement. Memoirs de la Societe Royale des Sciente, de l'Agriculture et des Art, de Lille, 1854, 25 - 156.
  • Thompson, F. C. (1981) The Flower Flies of the West Indies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 9, 1 - 200.
  • Thompson, F. C. (1999 a) A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used. Contributions on Entomology International, 3, 321 - 378.
  • Metz, M. A. & Thompson, F. C. (2001) A revision of the larger species of Toxomerus (Diptera, Syrphidae) with description of a new species. Studia Dipterologica, 8, 225 - 256.
  • Thompson, F. C. & Thompson, B. J. (2006) A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 13, 317 - 331.
  • Marinoni, L., Morales, M. N. & Spaler, I. (2007) Chave de identificacao ilustrada para os generos de Syrphinae (Diptera, Syrphidae) de ocorrencia no sul do Brasil. Biota Neotropical, 7, 145 - 160. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 1676 - 06032007000100019
  • Borges, Z. M. & Couri, M. S. (2009) Revision of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Brazil with synonymic notes, identification key to the species and description of three new species. Zootaxa, 2179, 1 - 72.
  • Reemer, M. (2010) A second survey of Surinam Syrphidae (Diptera): Introduction and Syrphinae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 153, 163 - 196. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000295
  • Mengual, X. (2011) Black - tie dress code, two new species of the genus Toxomerus (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys, 140, 1 - 26. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 140.1930
  • Loew, H. (1866 a) Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 9, 127 - 186. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18650090303
  • Stephens, J. F. (1850) List of the specimens of British Animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. Lepidoptera [1]. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 352 pp.
  • Williston, S. W. (1887) Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 31, 1 - 335.
  • Enderlein, G. (1938) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Syrphiden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin, 1937, 192 - 237.