Ferdinandea (fly)

Ferdinandea is a genus of syrphid flies or hoverflies in the family Syrphidae. There are about 16 described species in Ferdinandea.^[1][2][3]

Ferdinandea
Ferdinandea cuprea female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Rhingiini
Genus:	Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844
Type species
Conops cuprea Scopoli, 1763
Synonyms
Chrysochlamys Rondani, 1856 Chrysoclamis Rondani, 1851

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Ferdinandea:^[4][5][6]

• Ferdinandea aeneicolor Shannon, 1924
• Ferdinandea aurea Rondani, 1844
• Ferdinandea buccata (Loew, 1863)
• Ferdinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Ferdinandea cuprea (Scopoli, 1763)
• Ferdinandea dives (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Ferdinandea formosana Shiraki, 1930
• Ferdinandea fumipennis Kassebeer, 1999
• Ferdinandea isabella Hull, 1942
• Ferdinandea longifacies Coe, 1964
• Ferdinandea luteola Mutin, 1999
• Ferdinandea maculipennis Curran, 1928
• Ferdinandea montana Hull, 1942
• Ferdinandea nepalensis Claussen & Weipert, 2003
• Ferdinandea nigripes (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Ferdinandea ruficornis (Fabricius, 1775)