Spilomyia | |
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Spilomyia sayi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Milesiini |
Subtribe: | Milesiina |
Genus: | Spilomyia Meigen, 1803 [1] |
Type species | |
Musca diophthalma | |
Synonyms | |
Spilomyia is a genus of hoverflies. Many species in the genus show Batesian mimicry of wasp models, including black and yellow patterns and modified antenna shape. [8]