Meropidia rufa

Meropidia rufa
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. rufa
Binomial name
Meropidia rufa
Thompson, 1983

Meropidia rufa is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Adult females measure about 13 mm (0.51 in). Males are unknown.

Distribution

Meropidia rufa is known from Ecuador. The holotype was collected from Limón in eastern Ecuador at 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Meropidia rufa 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.