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Platycheirus rosarum male | |
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Subgenus: | Pyrophaena
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Pyrophaena is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Platycheirus [1] distinctive enough to sometimes treated as a separate genus in its own right. [2] Indeed a recent study of the phylogeny of the subfamily Syrphinae [3] found it to be closer to other certain other genera – Rohdendorfia, Syrphocheilosia and Spazigaster. Since only a few species were sampled the true systematic structure must await a more thorough survey of Platycheirus and related genera.
Pyrophaena | |
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Platycheirus rosarum male | |
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Subgenus: | Pyrophaena
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Pyrophaena is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Platycheirus [1] distinctive enough to sometimes treated as a separate genus in its own right. [2] Indeed a recent study of the phylogeny of the subfamily Syrphinae [3] found it to be closer to other certain other genera – Rohdendorfia, Syrphocheilosia and Spazigaster. Since only a few species were sampled the true systematic structure must await a more thorough survey of Platycheirus and related genera.