Oligeriops

Oligeriops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Oligeriops; Hull, 1937
Type species
	Microdon chalybeus; Ferguson, 1926
Species
	Oligeriops chalybeus; Oligeriops dimorphon; Oligeriops iridomyrmex; Oligeriops moestus; Oligeriops occidentalis;

Oligeriops is a genus of hoverfly from Australia. They are characterised by the reduced size of the eyes, and the genus includes five described species.² It was previously considered a synonym of Microdon.²

Species

Oligeriops chalybeus (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops dimorphon (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops iridomyrmex (Shannon, 1927)
Oligeriops moestus (Ferguson, 1926)
Oligeriops occidentalis (Ferguson, 1926)

References

Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.

[Hull1937a-1] Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.

[Reemer2013-2] Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.

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