Xylota nitidula

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Xylota nitidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Xylota
Species:
X. nitidula
Binomial name
Xylota nitidula
(Fluke, 1939) [1]
Synonyms
  • Heliophilus nitidulaFluke, 1939 [1]

Xylota nitidula is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. [2]

Distribution

Mexico.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fluke, C.L. Jr. (1939). "New Syrphidae (Diptera) from Central and North America". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 32 (2): 365–375, 1 p. doi: 10.1093/aesa/32.2.365 .
  2. Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN   9780691189406.