Phytomia

Phytomia
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 hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera ^[1] found in tropical Africa and Asia. ^[2]

Species

Source: ^[3]

• 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

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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.
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).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011