Milesia (fly)

Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies,[1] which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro.

Milesia
Milesia crabroniformis
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Milesia

Latreille, 1804

Species List

  • M. afra Doesburg, 1955
  • M. anthrax Hippa, 1990
  • M. aperta Hippa, 1990
  • M. apicalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
  • M. apsycta Séguy, 1948
  • M. arnoldi Malloch, 1932
  • M. balteata Kertész, 1901
  • M. bella Townsend, 1897
  • M. bequaerti (Doesburg), 1955
  • M. bigoti Osten Sacken, 1882
  • M. brunetti Herve-Bazin, 1923
  • M. brunneonigra Hippa, 1990
  • M. caesarea Hippa, 1990
  • M. cinnamomea Hippa, 1990
  • M. citrogramma Hippa, 1990
  • M. collina Hippa, 1990
  • M. confluens Hippa, 1990
  • M. conspicienda Walker, 1859
  • M. conspicua Curran, 1928
  • M. crabroniformis Fabricius, 1775
  • M. cretosa Hippa, 1990
  • M. crinita Hippa, 1990
  • M. dearmata Hippa, 1990
  • M. diardi Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
  • M. elegans Matsumura, 1916
  • M. excelda Curran, 1928
  • M. ferruginosa Brunetti, 1913
  • M. fissipennis Speiser, 1911
  • M. flavifacies Bigot, 1875
  • M. fuscicosta Bigot, 1875
  • M. gigantea Hippa, 1990
  • M. illustris Hippa, 1990
  • M. imperator Hippa, 1990
  • M. insignis Hippa, 1990
  • M. insistens Curran, 1931
  • M. labellata Hippa, 1990
  • M. lieftincki Hippa, 1990
  • M. limbipennis Macquart, 1848
  • M. maai Hippa, 1990
  • M. macularis Wiedemann, 1824
  • M. maolana Chang & Yang, 1993
  • M. metallica Curran, 1931
  • M. micans Hippa, 1990
  • M. mima Hippa, 1990
  • M. nigra Fluke, 1939
  • M. nigriventris He & Chu, 1994
  • M. ochracea Hippa, 1990
  • M. oshimaensis Shiraki, 1930
  • M. overlaeti (Doesburg), 1955
  • M. paucipunctata Yang & Cheng, 1993
  • M. pendleburyi Curran, 1928
  • M. pennipes Hippa, 1990
  • M. plumipes Hippa, 1990
  • M. prolixa Hippa, 1990
  • M. pulchra Williston, 1892
  • M. quantula Hippa, 1990
  • M. reinwardtii Wiedemann, 1824
  • M. rex Hippa, 1990
  • M. ritsemae Osten Sacken, 1882
  • M. scutellata Hull, 1773
  • M. semifulva Meijere, 1904
  • M. semiluctifera Villers, 1789
  • M. semperi Osten Sacken, 1882
  • M. sexmaculata Brunetti, 1915
  • M. simulator Hippa, 1990
  • M. sinensis Curran, 1925
  • M. spectabilis Hippa, 1990
  • M. tadzhikorum Peck & Hippa, 1988
  • M. tigris Hippa, 1990
  • M. titanea Hippa, 1990
  • M. trilobata Hippa, 1990
  • M. undulata Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
  • M. variegata Brunetti, 1908
  • M. verticalis Brunetti, 1923
  • M. vespoides Walker, 1857
  • M. virginiensis (Drury, 1924)
  • M. yaeyamana Matsumura, 1916
  • M. zamiel Walker, 1856
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References

  1. Van Veen, M. P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.


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