Meropidia nigropilosa

Meropidia nigropilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Tropidiina
Genus: Meropidia
Species:
M. nigropilosa
Binomial name
Meropidia nigropilosa
Thompson, 1983

Meropidia nigropilosa is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Adult females measure about 12 mm (0.47 in). Males are unknown.

Distribution

Meropidia nigropilosa is known from Colombia. The holotype was collected from Monte Socorro in the Cordillera Occidental at 3,800 m (12,500 ft) above sea level.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hippa, H.; Thompson, F. Christian (1983). "Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from South America" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 35: 109–115. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Meropidia nigropilosa Thompson, 1983". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Morales, Mírian N.; Ståhls, Gunilla; Hippa, Heikki (2013). "Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains". ZooKeys. 338: 55–65. doi:10.3897/zookeys.338.6093. PMC 11331625. Retrieved 13 August 2021.