Austrophilus

Austrophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Helophilina
Genus:	Austrophilus; Thompson, 2000.[1]
Type species
	Helophilus terraereginae; Ferguson, 1926

Austrophilus is a genus of hoverflies. There are 5 known species, all found in the Australia region. Austrophilus is closely related to Habromyia.[1]

Species

A. helophiloides (Walker, 1861)
A. laticornis (Bigot, 1884)
A. necopinus Thompson, 2000
A. obscurus Thompson, 2000
A. terraereginae (Ferguson, 1926)

References

Thompson, F. Christian (2000). "A new genus of Australasian Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Studia Dipterologgica. 7: 373–384. ISSN 0945-3954. Archived from the original (PDF Adobe Acrobat) on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-16.

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[Thompson2000-1] Thompson, F. Christian (2000). "A new genus of Australasian Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Studia Dipterologgica. 7: 373–384. ISSN 0945-3954. Archived from the original (PDF Adobe Acrobat) on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-16.