Brachyopina Explained

The Brachyopina is a subtribe of hoverflies.^[1]

List of genera

• Brachyopa Meigen, 1822^[2]
• Cacoceria Hull, 1936^[3]
• Chromocheilosia Hull, 1950^[4]
• Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803^[5]
• Chrysosyrphus Sedman, 1965
• Cyphipelta Bigot, 1859
• Hammerschmidtia Fallén, 1817
• Hemilampra Macquart, 1850
• Lejogaster Rondani, 1857
• Lepidomyia Loew, 1864
• Liochrysogaster Stackelberg, 1924
• Melanogaster Rondani, 1857
• Myolepta Loew, 1864
• Orthonevra Macquart, 1829
• Riponnensia Maibach, 1994

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs, Alan E. . Falk . Steven J. . 1983 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide . 268–283 . British Entomological & Natural History Society . 2nd . 1-899935-03-7.
2. Book: Meigen . Johann Wilhelm . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1822 . Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann . Hamm . x, 416, pls. 22–32 . 14 April 2019.
3. Hull . F.M. . Change of name (Diptera: Syrphidae) . Entomological News . 1936 . 47 . 227 . 14 November 2021.
4. Hull . Frank Montgomery . Fluke . Charles Lewis Jr. . 1950 . The genus Cheilosia Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae). The subgenera Cheilosia and Hiatomyia . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104034121/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/1001//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B094a06.pdf?sequence=1 . dead . 2015-01-04 . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . American Museum of Natural History . 94 . 299–402 . 3 January 2015 .
5. Meigen. J. W.. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 1803. 2. 259–281.