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
Type species
P. chrysopygus

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)

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 246: 1–19.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011