Rhoga

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title: "Rhoga" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hoverfly-genera", "diptera-of-south-america", "microdontinae", "taxa-named-by-francis-walker-(entomologist)"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/hoverfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flies ::

| taxon = Rhoga | authority = Walker, 1857 | type_species = Rhoga lutescens | type_species_authority = Walker, 1857 | synonyms = *Papiliomyia Hull, 1937

Rhoga is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. All are small, delicate, pale yellowish flies, with distinct black pilose brushes on their metatibiae. These flies are probably mimics of stingless bees of the tribe Meliponini.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to the Neotropics.

Species

• R. lutescens Walker, 1857
• R. maculata (Shannon, 1927)
• R. mellea (Curran, 1940)
• R. sepulchrasilva (Hull, 1937)
• R. xanthoprosopus Barretto & Lane, 1947

References

References

1. (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
2. Cheng, Xin-Yue. (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China". Magnolia Press.

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