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| Psilota anthracina Figure 1 in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Merodontini |
| Genus: | Psilota Meigen, 1822 |
Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a vena spuria in the wings.[1] The larvae feed on tree sap.[2]
Systematics
[edit]Extant species:[3]
- Psilota aegeae Vujic, Stahls & Smit, 2020
- Psilota aislinnae Young, 2020
- Psilota alexanderi Young, 2020
- Psilota anthracina Meigen, 1822
- Psilota atra (Fallén, 1817)
- Psilota auricauda Curran, 1926
- Psilota auripila Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota azurea Thompson & Young
- Psilota basalis (Walker, 1858)
- Psilota bicolor Young, 2020
- Psilota bifenestrata Meijere, 1933
- Psilota brevicornis Shiraki, 1968
- Psilota brunnipennis Young, 2020
- Psilota buccata (Macquart, 1842)
- Psilota calva Young, 2020
- Psilota coerulea Macquart, 1846
- Psilota cuprea (Macquart, 1850)
- Psilota darwini Young, 2020
- Psilota decessum (Hutton, 1901)
- Psilota dichoptica Thompson, 2013
- Psilota erythrogaster Curran, 1926
- Psilota exilistyla Smit & Vujić, 2008
- Psilota fasciata Curran, 1929
- Psilota femoralis Schiner, 1868
- Psilota flavidipennis Macquart, 1855
- Psilota flavoorta Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota fuscifrons Young, 2020
- Psilota hirta Klöcker, 1924
- Psilota innupta Rondani, 1857
- Psilota klymkoi Locke, Young & Skevington, 2019
- Psilota kroshka Mutin, 1999
- Psilota livida Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota longipila Thompson & Young
- Psilota mcqueeni Young, 2020
- Psilota metallica Thompson & Young
- Psilota nana Smit & Vujić, 2008
- Psilota nigripila Young, 2020
- Psilota nigripilosa Shiraki, 1968
- Psilota nitida (Macquart,1850)
- Psilota occidua Young, 2020
- Psilota pollinosa Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota purpurea Thompson & Young
- Psilota queenslandica (Klöcker,1924)
- Psilota rubra Klöcker,1924
- Psilota rubriventris (Bigot,1885)
- Psilota shannoni Goot,1964
- Psilota shewelli Thompson, 2012
- Psilota smaragdina Young, 2020
- Psilota solata Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota spathistylata Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota spinifemur Young, 2020
- Psilota tabidosa Scudder, 1890
- Psilota tectonae Meijere, 1933
- Psilota thatuna Shannon, 1922
- Psilota tristis Klöcker, 1924
- Psilota victoria Curran, 1925
- Psilota viridescens Young & Steenis, 2020
- Psilota viridis Macquart, 1847
- Psilota xanthostoma Young, 2020
- Psilota zophos Young, 2020
References
[edit]- ↑ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ "Psilota Meigen, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-26.