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Genus: | Ubristes
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Ubristes flavitibia
Walker, 1852
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Ubristes is a genus of hoverflies, with four known species. [1] [2] All are characterized by their metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. These flies are probably mimics of the stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini. [3]
The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable within this group. [3] The type species of Carreramyia, Hypselosyrphus and Stipomorpha were formerly included in Ubristes; the latter two genera were also considered subgroups of Ubristes. All three are now considered separate genera by Reemer & Ståhls (2013). [2]
Larvae are found in ant nests.
They are native to the Neotropics. [3]
Ubristes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
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Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Ubristes
Walker, 1852
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Type species | |
Ubristes flavitibia
Walker, 1852
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Ubristes is a genus of hoverflies, with four known species. [1] [2] All are characterized by their metatibiae, which are usually enlarged, but always with a brush of long pile along the dorsal edges. These flies are probably mimics of the stingless bees in the tribe Meliponini. [3]
The presence or absence of the appendix on vein R4+5 is variable within this group. [3] The type species of Carreramyia, Hypselosyrphus and Stipomorpha were formerly included in Ubristes; the latter two genera were also considered subgroups of Ubristes. All three are now considered separate genera by Reemer & Ståhls (2013). [2]
Larvae are found in ant nests.
They are native to the Neotropics. [3]