Dipterans: 24 New Species Of Flower Fly Have Been Found

Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 13:40 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have described 24 new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus after studying the forests of Central and Southern America for ten years. The Quichuana genus is also known as 'flower flies'.  Only 24 species were previously known and this genus belongs to the Syrphidae family, which is a group with similar characteristics to that of bees and wasps but with a different taxonomic order. read more

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