Chymophila

Chymophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Chymophila
Macquart, 1834
Type species
Chymophila splendens
Macquart, 1834

Chymophila is a genus of hoverflies found across an area extending from the southern United States to Argentina. There are 19 known species.[1] Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.

Species

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References

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