Psilota

Psilota
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. Thy 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

Psilota anthracina Meigen, 1822
Psilota atra (Loew, 1817)
Psilota buccata (Macquart, 1842)
Psilota flavidipennis Macquart, 1855
Psilota innupta Róndani, 1857
Psilota rotundicornis Strobl, 1898
Psilota sibirica Violovitsh, 1980^[3]
Psilota thatuna Shannon, 1922

References

^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004) (Hardback). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 254. ISBN 9050111998.
^ Stubbs, Alan E. and 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20081020082104/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Diptera/Syrphidae.htm. Retrieved 17 August 2009.