| Phytomia | |
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| Phytomia sp. | |
| 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 | |
| Eristalis chrysopygus Wiedemann, 1819 | |
Phytomia is a genus of at least 27 species of hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera found in tropical Africa and Asia.
Species
- P. aesymnus (Walker, 1849)
- P. argyrocephala (Macquart, 1842)
- P. aurigera Bezzi, 1915
- P. bezzii Curran, 1927
- P. bullata (Loew, 1858)
- P. bulligera (Austen, 1909)
- P. chrysopyga (Wiedemann, 1819)
- P. crassa (Fabricius, 1787)
- P. curta (Loew, 1858)
- P. ephippium Bezzi, 1912
- P. erratica (Bezzi, 1912)
- P. errans Fabricius, 1787
- P. fronto (Loew, 1858)
- P. fucoides Bezzi, 1915
- P. fusca Hull, 1941
- P. incisa (Wiedemann, 1830)
- P. kroeberi Bezzi, 1915
- P. natalensis (Macquart, 1849)
- P. neavei Bezzi, 1915
- P. noctilio Speiser, 1924
- P. poensis Bezzi, 1912
- P. pubipennis Bezzi, 1915
- P. serena Curran, 1927
- P. tenebrica Edwards, 1919
- P. varians Curran, 1927
- P. villipes (Loew, 1858)
- P. zonata (Fabricius, 1787) (Giant Hoverfly)
Gallery
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Phytomia zonata
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Phytomyia cf. crassa
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.
- 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).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011
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