Milesia (fly) explained
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 are predominantly Palaeotropical indistribution almost entirely Oriental.[2]
The Larvae are of the short-tailed type, found in decaying heartwood of deciduous trees, including rot-holes.[3]
Species List
- M. afra Doesburg, 1955[4]
- M. anthrax Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. aperta Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. apicalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863[6]
- M. apsycta Séguy, 1948[7]
- M. arnoldi Malloch, 1932
- M. balteata Kertész, 1901[8]
- M. bella Townsend, 1897[9]
- M. bequaerti (Doesburg, 1955)[4]
- M. bigoti Osten Sacken, 1882[10]
- M. brunetti Herve-Bazin, 1923[11]
- M. brunneonigra Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. caesarea Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. cinnamomea Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. citrogramma Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. collina Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. confluens Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. conspicienda Walker, 1859[12]
- M. conspicua Curran, 1928[13]
- M. crabroniformis Fabricius, 1775
- M. cretosa Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. crinita Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. dearmata Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. diardi Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863[6]
- M. elegans Matsumura, 1916[14]
- M. excelda Curran, 1928[13]
- M. ferruginosa Brunetti, 1913[15]
- M. fissipennis Speiser, 1911[16]
- M. flavifacies Bigot, 1876[17]
- M. fuscicosta Bigot, 1875[18]
- M. gigantea Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. illustris Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. imperator Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. insignis Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. insistens Curran, 1931[19]
- M. labellata Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. lieftincki Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. limbipennis Macquart, 1848[20]
- M. maai Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. macularis Wiedemann, 1824[21]
- M. maolana Chang & Yang, 1993[22]
- M. metallica Curran, 1931[19]
- M. micans Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. mima Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. nigra Fluke, 1939[23]
- M. nigriventris He & Chu, 1994[24]
- M. ochracea Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. oshimaensis Shiraki, 1930[25]
- M. overlaeti (Doesburg, 1955)[4]
- M. paucipunctata Yang & Cheng, 1993[22]
- M. pendleburyi Curran, 1928[13]
- M. pennipes Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. plumipes Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. prolixa Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. pulchra Williston, 1892[26]
- M. quantula Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. reinwardtii Wiedemann, 1824[21]
- M. rex Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. ritsemae Osten Sacken, 1882[10]
- M. scutellata Hull, 1924[27]
- M. semifulva Meijere, 1904[28]
- M. semiluctifera (Villers, 1789)[29]
- M. semperi Osten Sacken, 1882[10]
- M. sexmaculata Brunetti, 1915[30]
- M. simulator Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. sinensis Curran, 1925[31]
- M. spectabilis Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. tadzhikorum Peck & Hippa, 1988[32]
- M. tigris Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. titanea Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. trilobata Hippa, 1990[5]
- M. undulata Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862[6]
- M. variegata Brunetti, 1908[33]
- M. verticalis Brunetti, 1923[34]
- M. vespoides Walker, 1857[35]
- M. virginiensis (Drury, 1924)[36]
- M. yaeyamana Matsumura, 1916[14]
- M. zamiel Walker, 1856[37]
gallery
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