Doros is a genus of hoverflies. They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight.[3][4] They have very limited flight period.[5]
| Doros | |
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| Doros profuges depicted in Fauna Germanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Doros Meigen, 1803[1] |
| Type species | |
| Syrphus conopseus Fabricius, 1775
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| Synonyms | |
Species
edit- Doros aequalis Loew, 1863[6]
- Doros destillatorius Mik, 1885
- Doros profuges (Harris, 1780)[7][8] (*)
- Doros rohdendorfi Smirnov, 1926[9]
(* Caution with historical usage of "Doros conopseus (Fabricius, 1775)" from misidentified material, elsewhere an unjustified emendation of Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758).
References
edit- ^ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
- ^ Matsumura, Shōnen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan. Additamenta. Vol. 2 (Diptera). Tokyo: Keisei-sha. pp. 185-474 + [4], pls. 16-25.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
- ^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
- ^ Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ^ Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Centuria Quarta. Berl. Ent. Z. 7: 275–326.
- ^ Harris, M. (1780). An exposition of English insects. Vol. Decads III, IV. London: Robson Co. pp. 73–99, 100–138, pls. 21–30, 31–40. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ Smirnov, E. S. (1926). "Eine neue Doros-Art aus Zentral-Asien". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91 (A): 65–69.