Rhingia | |
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Rhingia campestris female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Rhingiini |
Genus: |
Rhingia Scopoli, 1763 |
Type species | |
Conops rostrata Linnaeus, 1758 |
Rhingia is a genus of hoverflies. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The larva are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on nectar and pollen.