Cepa alex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Merodontini
Genus: Cepa
Species: C. alex

Name

Cepa alex (Thompson, 1999)

Holotype: ♀, November 1967, Fritz Plaumann, USNM, USNMENT01789543 (see on GBIF)

• Stated in Thompson, 1999 as being deposited in Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZUSP)

Type locality: BRAZIL, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 27°11′S 52°23′W

Synonymy

• Xela alex Thompson, 1999: 341 (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Thompson, F.C. 1999. A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including the descriptions of genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms. Contributions on Entomology, International 3(3): 319–378. hdl: 10088/17492 Reference page. 

Links

• Orrell, T., Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship 2025. NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US). Version 1.92. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-14. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3467156698