Pocota

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Pocota
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Female P. personata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Pocota
Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 [1]
Type species
Milesia apicata
Meigen, 1822 [2]
Synonyms

Pocota is a genus hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. [9] [10]

Species

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References

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