Psilota
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Psilota anthracina Figure 1 in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen | |
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Genus: | Psilota Meigen, 1822
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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 in the wings.[1] The larvae feed on tree sap.[2]
Systematics[]
- Meigen, 1822
- (Loew, 1817)
- (Macquart, 1842)
- Macquart, 1855
- Róndani, 1857
- Strobl, 1898
- Violovitsh, 1980[3]
- Shannon, 1922
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References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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Categories:
- Diptera of Europe
- Diptera of North America
- Hoverfly genera
- Eumerini
- Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen