Psilota
Psilota anthracina Figure 1 in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
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 venia spuria in the wings.[1] The larvae feed on tree sap.[2]

Systematics

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
  3. ↑ "Psilota Meigen, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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