Tropidia | |
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Tropidia scita male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Milesiini |
Genus: | Tropidia Meigen, 1822 [1] |
Type species | |
Eristalis milesiformis | |
Synonyms | |
Tropidia is a genus hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. [8] [9] [10]
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Syritta is a genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae.
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Criorhina is a genus of hoverflies.
Blera is a genus of hoverflies. It is primarily a North American genus, though there are 3 species from Europe.
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Sphecomyia is a genus of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. There are about 16 described species in Sphecomyia.
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Chalcosyrphus piger is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.
Sphicosa is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Tropidia flavipicta is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
Tropidia nigricornis is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
Neoascia distincta is a species of Hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
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