The Pipizinae is a subfamily of hoverflies. The subfamily Pipizinae was formerly considered a tribe within Eristalinae, but a phylogenetic analysis published in 2015 suggests it should be ranked as a separate subfamily (Mengual, 2015)[2]
| Pipizinae | |
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| P. quadrimaculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipizinae Rondani, 1856[1] |
Genera
edit- Heringia Rondani, 1856[1]
- †Oligopipiza Nidergas, Hadrava, Nel et al., 2018 (a fossil genus from Middle Oligocene ~28 MYR-BP)
- Pipiza Fallén, 1810
- Pipizella Rondani, 1856[1]
- Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888[3]
- Triglyphus Loew, 1840[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rondani, Camillo (1956). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2] pp.
- ^ Mengual, Ximo; Ståhls, Gunilla; Rojo, Santos (2015-01-12). "Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic ranking of pipizine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with implications for the evolution of aphidophagy". Cladistics. 31 (5). Wiley: 491–508. doi:10.1111/cla.12105. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34753266.
- ^ Williston, Samuel Wendell (1888). "Diptera Brasiliana, ab H. H. Smith collecta. Part I, Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 15: 243–292. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Loew, Hermann (1840). "Bemerkungen uber die in der Posener Gegend einheimischen Arten mehrerer Zweiflugler=Gattungen". [Zu der] offentlichen Prufung der Schuler des Koniglichen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasiums zu Posen. 1840: 40 pp., 1 pl.