Copestylum is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas.[3] It comprises more than 300 species,[4] of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of cacti in which the larvae live.[3]
| Copestylum | |
|---|---|
| |
| C. sexmaculatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Volucellini |
| Genus: | Copestylum Macquart, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Copestylum flaviventris | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
editSubgenera and type species
editThe following is a list of the subgenera within Copestylum, with just the type species of each subgenus listed afterwards.[4]
- Subgenus Copestylum Macquart, 1846 – type Copestylum flaviventre Macquart, 1846[1]
- Subgenus Phalacromyia Rondani, 1848 – type Copestylum submetallicum (Rondani, 1848)
- Subgenus Glaurotricha Thomson, 1869 – type Copestylum muscarium (Thomson, 1869)
- Subgenus Atemnocera Bigot, 1882a – type Copestylum scutellatum (Macquart, 1842)
- Subgenus Apophysophora Williston, 1888 – type Copestylum trituberculatum Thomson, 1976
- Subgenus Megametopon (= Ophromyia)[5] Giglio-Tos, 1891 – type Copestylum nasicum (Williston, 1891)
- Subgenus Camerania Giglio-Tos, 1892a[Note 1] – type Copestylum macrocephalum (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
- Subgenus Viereckomyia Curran, 1925b – type Copestylum gibberum (Schiner, 1868)
- Subgenus Lepidopsis Curran, 1925b – type Copestylum compactum (Curran, 1925)
- Subgenus Volosyrpha Shannon, 1929[Note 2] – type Copestylum rufitarse Thomson, 1976
- Subgenus Volucellosia Curran, 1930d – type Copestylum fornax Townsend, 1895
- Subgenus Tachinosyrphus Hull, 1936b – type Copestylum pseudotachina (Hull, 1936)
Species
editFor a complete list of Copestylum species, see List of Copestylum species.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Macquart, P.J.M. (1846). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1]. Lille: Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts. pp. 133–364, 20 pls. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R. (May 27, 2007). Neal L. Evenhuis (ed.). "51. Family Syrphidae". Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog – Web Version. Bishop Museum. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ a b M. A. Marcos-García; C. Pérez-Bañón (2002). "Life cycle, adult and immature stages of a new species of Copestylum (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Mexico reared from Cactaceae" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 95 (4): 432–440. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0432:LCAAIS]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b c Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ Giglio-Tos, Ermanno. "Ditteri del Messico". Torino, Italia: C. Clausen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
External links
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