Rhoga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
Genus: |
Rhoga Walker, 1857 |
Type species | |
Rhoga lutescens Walker, 1857 |
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.
Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.
They are native to the Neotropics.