Phytomia

Phytomia is a genus of at least 15 species of hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera[1] found in tropical Africa and Asia.[2]

Phytomia
Phytomia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Eristalina
Genus:	Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833
Type species
Eristalis chrysopygus Wiedemann, 1819

Species[3]

P. aesymnus (Walker, 1849) P. argyrocephala (Macquart, 1842) P. aurigera Bezzi, 1915 P. bezzii Curran, 1927 P. bullata (Loew, 1858) P. bulligera (Austen, 1909) P. chrysopyga (Wiedemann, 1819) P. crassa (Fabricius, 1787) P. curta (Loew, 1858) P. ephippium Bezzi, 1912 P. erratica (Bezzi, 1912) P. errans Fabricius, 1787 P. fronto (Loew, 1858) P. fucoides Bezzi, 1915

P. fusca Hull, 1941 P. incisa (Wiedemann, 1830) P. kroeberi Bezzi, 1915 P. natalensis (Macquart, 1849) P. neavei Bezzi, 1915 P. noctilio Speiser, 1924 P. poensis Bezzi, 1912 P. pubipennis Bezzi, 1915 P. serena Curran, 1927 P. tenebrica Edwards, 1919 P. varians Curran, 1927 P. villipes (Loew, 1858) P. zonata (Fabricius, 1787) (Giant Hoverfly)

Gallery

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  Phytomia zonata
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  Phytomyia cf. crassa

References

1. Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19.
2. Bezzi, Mario (1915). "The syrphidae of the Ethiopian region / based on material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural history) : with the descriptions of new genera and species". British Museum (Natural History). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011