Cepa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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
Genus: Cepa
Species (3): C. alex – C. apeca – C. margarita – C. simonettii

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

Name

• Cepa Thompson & Vockeroth in Thompson, 2007
  • New replacement name for Xela Thompson & Vockeroth in Thompson, 1999

Homonyms

• • Cepa Humphrey, 1797 (=Anomia)
    • This name is either unavailable or a nomen oblitum.

Synonyms

• Xela Thompson & Vockeroth in Thompson, 1999:340

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. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2007: A new Costa Rican flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) and a replacement name for a neotropical flower fly genus. Studia dipterologica 14(1): 167-170. handle Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barahona-Segovia, R.M. & Barceló, M. 2019. A new flower fly species of Cepa Thompson & Vockeroth (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Valdivian evergreen forest hotspot, Chile. Zootaxa 4612(3): 431–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.9 Reference page.