Biology:Psilota

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Short description: Genus of flies

Psilota
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Psilota anthracina Figure 1 in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen
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Merodontini
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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 venia spuria in the wings.[1] The larvae feed on tree sap.[2]

Systematics

Extant species:[3]


References

  1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. pp. 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" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1534962. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2748210 entry