Aneriophora is a little-known genus of hoverflies from South America.[3] It contains only one species, Aneriophora aureorufa. The genus was originally named Eriophora by Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1865);[2] this name was preoccupied by Eriophora Simon, 1864, so it was renamed to Aneriophora by Stuardo and Cortés (1952).[1] This species is a specialist pollinator of Eucryphia cordifolia and Laurelia sempervirens. [4]

Aneriophora
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Aneriophora

Stuardo & Cortes, 1952[1]
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A. aureorufa
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Aneriophora aureorufa
(Philippi, 1865)[2]
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  1. ^ a b Stuardo, C.; Cortés, N. (1952). "Nuevo nombre para un género de Syrphidae Chileno de R. A. Philippi (Diptera)". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 2: 311.
  2. ^ a b Philippi, R. A. (1865). "Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren". Verhandl K.-k. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. 15: 595–782.
  3. ^ Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. (1976). "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  4. ^ Smith, Cecilia; Vieli, Lorena; Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo (2021-02-09). "<i>Aneriophora aureorufa</i> (Philippi, 1865) (Diptera: Syrphidae): a fly specialized in the pollination of <i>Eucryphia cordifolia</i> Cav. (Cunoniaceae R. Br.), an endemic species of South American temperate forest". Journal of Pollination Ecology. 27. International Commission for Plant Pollinator Relations. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2021)618. ISSN 1920-7603.