Copestylum
Copestylum | |
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C. haagei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Volucellini |
Genus: | Copestylum Macquart, 1846 |
Type species | |
Copestylum flaviventris Macquart, 1846 [1] |
Copestylum is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas.[2] It comprises more than 300 species,[3] of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced inside cacti.[2]
Species List
For the moment the following list consists of subgenera and type species[3] only.
Subgenus: Copestylum Macquart, 1846
- Copestylum flaviventre Macquart, 1846
Subgenus: Phalacromyia Rondani, 1848
- Copestylum submetallicum (Rondani, 1848)
Subgenus: Glaurotricha Thomson, 1869
- Copestylum muscarium (Thomson, 1869)
Subgenus: Atemnocera Bigot, 1882a
- Copestylum scutellatum (Macquart, 1842)
Subgenus: Apophysophora Williston, 1888
- Copestylum trituberculatum Thompson, 1976
Subgenus: Megametopon (= Ophromyia)[4] Giglio-Tos, 1891
- Copestylum nasicum (Williston, 1891)
Subgenus: Camerania Giglio-Tos, 1892a [Note 1]
- Copestylum macrocephalum (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
Subgenus: Viereckomyia Curran, 1925b
- Copestylum gibberum (Schiner, 1868)
Subgenus: Lepidopsis Curran, 1925b
- Copestylum compactum (Curran, 1925)
Subgenus: Volosyrpha Shannon, 1929 [Note 2]
- Copestylum rufitarse Thompson, 1976
Subgenus: Volucellosia Curran, 1930d
- Copestylum fornax Townsend, 1895
Subgenus: Tachinosyrphus Hull, 1936b
- Copestylum pseudotachina (Hull, 1936)
Notes
References
- ↑ Thompson, F. C. & Vockeroth, J. R. (May 27, 2007). Neal L. Evenhuis, ed. "51. Family Syrphidae". Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog – Web Version. Bishop Museum. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- 1 2 M. A. Marcos-García & C. Pérez-Bañón (2002). "Life cycle, adult and immature stages of a new species of Copestylum (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Mexico reared from Cactaceae" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95 (4): 432–440. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0432:LCAAIS]2.0.CO;2.
- 1 2 3 Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ↑ Giglio-Tos, Ermanno. "Ditteri del Messico". Torino, Italia: C. Clausen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.