Pseudovolucella

Pseudovolucella is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are bee mimics found mostly in the mountains of south east Asia.[1]

Pseudovolucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Eristalinae
Tribe:
Sericomyiini
Genus:
Pseudovolucella

Shiraki, 1930
Type species
Pseudovolucella mimica
Shiraki, 1930

Species
  • P. apiformis (De Meijere), 1919
  • P. apimima Hull, 1941
  • P. decipiens (Hervé-Bazin), 1914
  • P. fasciata Curran, 1931
  • P. himalayensis (Brunetti), 1907
  • P. hingstoni Coe, 1964
  • P. malayana (Curran), 1928
  • P. mimica Shiraki, 1930
  • P. ochracea Hull, 1944
  • P. sinepollex Reemer & Hippa, 2008

References
  1. Reemer, M.; H. Hippa (2008). "Review of the species of Pseudovolucella Shiraki, 1930 (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 77–93. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000253. ISSN 0040-7496.


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