''Rhingia '' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

hoverflies Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main ...

. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The

larvae A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect developmental biology, development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typical ...

are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on

nectar Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by Plant, plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollination, pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to an ...

and

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm ...

Species

*'' R. austriaca'' Meigen, 1830 *'' R. borealis'' Ringdahl 1928 *'' R. caerulescens'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. campestris'' Meigen, 1822 *'' R. cnephaeoptera'' Speiser, 1915 *'' R. coerulea'' Bezzi, 1912 *'' R. congensis'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cuthbertsoni'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cyanoprora'' Speiser, 1910 *'' R. formosana'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' R. fuscipes'' Bezzi, 1915 *'' R. laevigata'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. lutea'' Bezzi, 1915 *'' R. mecyana'' Speiser, 1910 *'' R. nasica'' Say, 1823 *'' R. nigra'' Macquart, 1845 *'' R. orthoneurina'' Speiser, 1910 *'' R. pellucens'' Bezzi, 1915 *'' R. pulcherrima'' Bezzi, 1908 *'' R. pycnosoma'' Bezzi, 1915 *'' R. rostrata'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

) *'' R. saskana'' Szilády, 1943 *'' R. semicaerulea'' Austen, 1893 *'' R. trivittata'' Curran, 1929

References

Bugguide.net. Genus ''Rhingia''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1253045 Hoverfly genera Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Rhingiini