Genus Xylota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Xylota? Found along fast-flowing stream, near waterfall - Xylota

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Milesiini

Subtribe Xylotina

Genus Xylota

Explanation of Names

Xylota Meigen 1822

Numbers

25 spp. in our area, in 3 subgenera: Ameroxylota Hippa 1978 • Sterphoides Hippa 1978 • Xylota s.str.(1), >100 spp. in 5 subgenera total

Range

most of the world except the Neotropics (see here)

Food

Larvae feed on sap runs. Adults feed on pollen, often taking it from leaves(2)

Works Cited

1.	Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.

2.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 27 September, 2005 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 21 August, 2023 - 9:45am

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