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Meropidia flavens

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Meropidia flavens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Tropidiina
Genus: Meropidia
Species:
M. flavens
Binomial name
Meropidia flavens
Ståhls & Hippa [fi], 2013[1]

Meropidia flavens is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2] Adult females measure about 11 mm (0.43 in). Males are unknown.[1]

Distribution

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Meropidia flavens is known from Bogota, Colombia.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Morales, Mírian N.; Ståhls, Gunilla; Hippa, Heikki (2013). "Two new species of Meropidia Hippa & Thompson, 1983 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Andes Mountains". ZooKeys. 338: 55–65. doi:10.3897/zookeys.338.6093. PMC 11331625.
  2. ↑ "Meropidia flavens Ståhls & Hippa, 2013". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 September 2026.