| Criorhina villosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Criorhinina |
| Genus: | Criorhina |
| Species: | C. villosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Criorhina villosa | |
| Synonyms | |
Merapioidus villosus Bigot, 1879 | |
Criorhina villosa, the winter bumblefly, [2] is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. It was formerly placed into its own genus, Merapioidus. [2] Its name has been confused with the name of a related species from Mexico, which was originally described as Romaleosyrphus villosus, and published in 1882; [3] as the two species are now both placed in the same genus, Criorhina , only the older of the two names (the one from 1879) can remain as Criorhina villosa, and the 1882 name will need to be replaced.
