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Psilota
Sign in to savePsilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a vena spuria in the wings. The larvae feed on tree sap.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 186
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- USNM, CHAS, TMAG, AM, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, United States, Australia
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- taxon rank
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- topic's main category
- Category:Psilota
- Commons category
- Psilota
- taxon common name
- sotblomsterfluer
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a vena spuria in the wings. The larvae feed on tree sap.
== Systematics == Extant species:
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