Phytomia

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
P. chrysopygus

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]

Species^[3]

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

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

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).
3. "Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80943/overview. Accessed 02 Jan 2011