Palpada
Palpada sp.
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Palpada

Macquart, 1854
Type species
Palpada scutellaris
Fabricius, 1805
Synonyms

Doliosyrphus Bigot, 1882a

Palpada is a genus of 85 neotropical and nearctic flower flies or hoverflies[1][2][3][4] This genus is often colorful and bee-like. It is in the tribe Eristaliini containing dozens of genera [1] Common sister genera include Eristalis (99 species), Meromacrus (43 sp.), Eristalinus (100 sp.) and Helophilus (50 sp.). The genus palpada is distinguished by:

  • Eyes with uniform pile.
  • Meron with fine pale hairs in front of or below spiracle.
  • Hind femur with basal patch of dense black setulae.
  • Cell r2+3 closed before wing margin.
  • R4+5 moderately to strongly dipped into cell r4+5. [1]

The larvae are aquatic and have a distinctive shape, usually being referred to as rat-tailed. The rat-tail is a breathng tube that allows the larvae to live in low oxygen water.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. Morales, M.N.; Marinoni, L. 2009: Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the scutellaris group of Palpada Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae). Invertebrate systematics, 23: 301–347. doi:10.1071/IS09006
  4. Mengual, X.; Thompson, F. C. (2008). "A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1741: 31–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1741.1.3. hdl:10045/12251. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Hull, Frank Montgomery (1925). "A Review of the Genus Eristalis Latreille in North America". The Ohio Journal of Science. 25: 11–45. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. Macquart, P.J.M. (1847). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Paris, Roret. pp. 5–104.
  7. Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1842). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--2e partie. Paris: Roret. pp. 5–140. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum : secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae. p. 372.?
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