Xylota willistoni

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Xylota willistoni
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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. willistoni
Binomial name
Xylota willistoni
Goot, 1964 [1]
Synonyms
  • Heliophilus willistoniGoot, 1964 [1]

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

Distribution

Mexico.

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References

  1. 1 2 Goot, V.S. van der (1964). "Fluke's catalogue of Neotropical Syrphidae (Insects, Diptera), a critical study with an appendix on new names in Syrphidae" (PDF). Beaufortia. 10: 212–221. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  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.


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