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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Milesiini » Xylotina » Xylota » subgenus Xylota (Xylota subgenus Xylota)

subgenus Xylota

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syrphid fly - Xylota segnis - male Syrphid Fly - Xylota bicolor - male Xylota segnis Xylota segnis (?) - Xylota segnis - male - female Syrphidae? - Xylota flavitibia - male Xylota on Hydrangea - Xylota bicolor Syrphidae - Syrphid Flies Xylota segnis - Xylota segnis - male Xylota bicolor
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
No Taxon subgenus Xylota
Explanation of Names
Xylota Meigen 1822
Numbers
20 spp. in our area(1)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
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.
Contributed by v belov on 19 January, 2013 - 11:22pm
Last updated 5 November, 2014 - 11:56am

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