Phytomia Explained
Phytomia is a genus of at least 27 species of hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera[1] found in tropical Africa and Asia.[2]
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)
Notes and References
- Thompson . F. Christian . 2003 . Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera . . 246 . 1–19 . 10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1 .
- 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).
- "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011
