Palpada

Palpada
Palpada sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Eristalina
Genus:	Palpada Macquart, 1854
Type species
Palpada scutellaris Fabricius, 1805
Synonyms
Doliosyrphus Bigot, 1882a

Palpada is a genus of 85 neotropical and nearctic flower flies or hoverflies^[1][2][3][4]

Species

• Palpada agrorum (Fabricius, 1787)
• Palpada albifrons (Wiedemann, 1840)
• Palpada alhambra (Hull, 1925)
• Palpada furcata (Wiedemann, 1819)
• Palpada lindneri Thompson, 1999
• Palpada megafemur Thompson, 1999
• Palpada mexicana (Macquart, 1847)
• Palpada minutalis (Williston, 1891)
• Palpada pusilla (Macquart, 1842)
• Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846)
• Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)
• Palpada suprarufa Thompson, 1999
• Palpada texana (Hull, 1925)
• Palpada triangularis (Giglio-tos, 1892)
• Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius, 1798)

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External links

See BugGuide page for images: http://bugguide.net/node/view/9169/bgimage

References

1. Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 246: 1–19. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
2. 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.
3. Morales, M.N.; Marinoni, L. 2009: Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the scutellaris group of Palpada Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae). Invertebrate systematics, 23: 301–347. doi:10.1071/IS09006
4. Mengual, X.; Thompson, F. C. "A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1741: 31–36. Retrieved 22 December 2011.