''Rhingia '' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

hoverflies Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, whi ...

. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The

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are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on nectar and

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by seed plants. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametop ...

Species

*'' R. austriaca'' Meigen, 1830 *'' R. borealis'' Ringdahl 1928 *'' R. caerulescens'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. campestris'' Meigen, 1822 *'' R. cnephaeoptera''

Speiser Speiser is a German and Yiddish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ambros Speiser (1922–2003), Swiss engineer and scientist *Andreas Speiser (1885–1970), Swiss mathematician * Elisabeth Speiser (born 1940), Swiss operatic sopra ...

, 1915 *'' R. coerulea''

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, 1912 *'' R. congensis'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cuthbertsoni'' Curran, 1939 *'' R. cyanoprora''

, 1910 *'' R. formosana'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' R. fuscipes''

, 1915 *'' R. laevigata'' Loew, 1858 *'' R. lutea''

, 1915 *'' R. mecyana''

, 1910 *'' R. nasica'' Say, 1823 *'' R. nigra'' Macquart, 1845 *'' R. orthoneurina''

, 1910 *'' R. pellucens''

, 1915 *'' R. pulcherrima''

, 1908 *'' R. pycnosoma''

, 1915 *'' R. rostrata'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

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 zoological ...

) *'' 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 Eristalinae