Phytomia

Phytomia

Phytomia cf crassa female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Eristalina
Genus:	Phytomia Guerin-Meneville 1833

Phytomia is a genus of at least 15 species of hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera^[1] found in tropical Africa and Asia.^[2]

Species^[3]

Phytomia aesymnus (Walker, 1849)
Phytomia argyrocephala (Macquart, 1842)
Phytomia aurigera Bezzi, 1915
Phytomia bezzii Curran, 1927
Phytomia bullata (Loew, 1858)
Phytomia bulligera (Austen, 1909)
Phytomia chrysopyga Wiedemann, 1819
Phytomia crassa (Fabricius, 1787)
Phytomia curta (Loew, 1858)
Phytomia ephippium Bezzi, 1912
Phytomia erratica (Bezzi, 1912)
Phytomia errans Fabricius, 1787
Phytomia fronto (Loew, 1858)
Phytomia fucoides Bezzi, 1915
Phytomia fusca Hull, 1941
Phytomia incisa (Wiedemann, 1830)
Phytomia kroeberi Bezzi, 1915
Phytomia natalensis (Macquart, 1849)
Phytomia neavei Bezzi, 1915
Phytomia noctilio Speiser, 1924
Phytomia poensis Bezzi, 1912
Phytomia pubipennis Bezzi, 1915
Phytomia serena Curran, 1927
Phytomia tenebrica Edwards, 1919
Phytomia varians Curran, 1927
Phytomia villipes (Loew, 1858)
Phytomia zonata (Giant Hoverfly) (Fabricius, 1787)

References

^ Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 246: 1–19. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00246.pdf.
^ Bezzi, Mario (1915). The syrphidae of the Ethiopian region / based on material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural history) : with the descriptions of new genera and species. British Museum (Natural History).
^ "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011