Acrocera

Acrocera
Acrocera orbiculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Acrocerinae
Genus: Acrocera
Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Syrphus globulus
( = Syrphus orbiculus Fabricius, 1787)
Panzer, 1802
Synonyms[2]
  • Paracrocera Mik, 1886[3]
  • Acrodes Froggatt, 1907[4]

Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.[5]

  1. ^ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
  2. ^ González, Christian R.; Elgueta, Mario; Ramirez, Francisco (2018). "A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile". Zootaxa. 4374 (3): 427–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6. PMID 29689809.
  3. ^ Mik, J. (1886). "Dipterologische Miscellen. II". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 5: 276–279. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ Froggatt, W.W. (1907). Australian insects. Sydney: W. Brooks. pp. xiv + 449.
  5. ^ Stubbs, A.; Drake, M. (2014). British Soldierflies and their Allies (2 ed.). Wokingham: British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 528. ISBN 9781899935079.