Psilota

Psilota
Psilota anthracina Figure 1 in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eumerini
Genus:	Psilota Meigen, 1822

Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a vena spuria in the wings. ^[1] The larvae feed on tree sap. ^[2]

Systematics

Extant species: ^[3]

• Psilota aegeae Vujic, Stahls & Smit, 2020
• Psilota aislinnae Young, 2020
• Psilota alexanderi Young, 2020
• Psilota anthracina Meigen, 1822
• Psilota atra (Fallén, 1817)
• Psilota auricauda Curran, 1926
• Psilota auripila Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota azurea Thompson & Young
• Psilota basalis (Walker, 1858)
• Psilota bicolor Young, 2020
• Psilota bifenestrata Meijere, 1933
• Psilota brevicornis Shiraki, 1968
• Psilota brunnipennis Young, 2020
• Psilota buccata (Macquart, 1842)
• Psilota calva Young, 2020
• Psilota coerulea Macquart, 1846
• Psilota cuprea (Macquart, 1850)
• Psilota darwini Young, 2020
• Psilota decessum (Hutton, 1901)
• Psilota dichoptica Thompson, 2013
• Psilota erythrogaster Curran, 1926
• Psilota exilistyla Smit & Vujić, 2008
• Psilota fasciata Curran, 1929
• Psilota femoralis Schiner, 1868
• Psilota flavidipennis Macquart, 1855
• Psilota flavoorta Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota fuscifrons Young, 2020
• Psilota hirta Klöcker, 1924
• Psilota innupta Rondani, 1857
• Psilota klymkoi Locke, Young & Skevington, 2019
• Psilota kroshka Mutin, 1999
• Psilota livida Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota longipila Thompson & Young
• Psilota mcqueeni Young, 2020
• Psilota metallica Thompson & Young
• Psilota nana Smit & Vujić, 2008
• Psilota nigripila Young, 2020
• Psilota nigripilosa Shiraki, 1968
• Psilota nitida (Macquart,1850)
• Psilota occidua Young, 2020
• Psilota pollinosa Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota purpurea Thompson & Young
• Psilota queenslandica (Klöcker,1924)
• Psilota rubra Klöcker,1924
• Psilota rubriventris (Bigot,1885)
• Psilota shannoni Goot,1964
• Psilota shewelli Thompson, 2012
• Psilota smaragdina Young, 2020
• Psilota solata Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota spathistylata Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota spinifemur Young, 2020
• Psilota tabidosa Scudder, 1890
• Psilota tectonae Meijere, 1933
• Psilota thatuna Shannon, 1922
• Psilota tristis Klöcker, 1924
• Psilota victoria Curran, 1925
• Psilota viridescens Young & Steenis, 2020
• Psilota viridis Macquart, 1847
• Psilota xanthostoma Young, 2020
• Psilota zophos Young, 2020

References

1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN   90-5011-199-8.
2. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
3. "Psilota Meigen, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-26.

External links

• Genus description