Trichopsomyia

Trichopsomyia is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae (flower flies), in the order Diptera.[2][3]

Trichopsomyia
Trichopsomyia flavitarsisIllustration in British Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Pipizinae
Tribe: Pipizini
Genus: Trichopsomyia
Williston, 1888[1]
Type species
Trichopsomyia polita

Biology

Hover flies like the Trichopsomyia are small flies with large heads and eyes, and small antennae. Their bodies are medium to slender, with a waist that is not significantly narrow, unless it is a wasp mimicking species. They have one pair of clear wings, and the banded forms have yellow and black bands. Hoverflies resemble wasps or bees because of their black and yellow-striped abdomens. However, they are actually members of a fly family that have evolved to mimic wasps and bees for protection.[4]

Hoverfly larvae are flattened, legless and maggot-like. Most are green or brown in colour. They are carnivorous and eat aphids.

Species
  • Trichopsomyia antillensis (Thompson, 1981)
  • Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849
  • Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907)
  • Trichopsomyia currani (Fluke, 1937) [5]
  • Trichopsomyia banksi Curran, 1921)
  • Trichopsomyia biglumis (Matsumura, 1916)
  • Trichopsomyia boliviensis (Shannon, 1927)
  • Trichopsomyia flavitarsis (Meigen, 1822)[6]
  • Trichopsomyia granditibialis (Fluke, 1937) [5]
  • Trichopsomyia lasiotibialis (Fluke, 1937) [5]
  • Trichopsomyia joratensis Goeldlin, 1997
  • Trichopsomyia litoralis Vockeroth, 1988
  • Trichopsomyia longicornis (Williston, 1888) [1]
  • Trichopsomyia lucida (Meigen, 1822)[6]
  • Trichopsomyia nigritarsis (Curran, 1924)
  • Trichopsomyia occidentalis (Townsend, 1897)
  • Trichopsomyia ochrozona (Stackelberg, 1952)
  • Trichopsomyia pilosa (van Steenis & Wyatt, 2020)
  • Trichopsomyia polita Williston, 1888[1]
  • Trichopsomyia pubescens (Loew, 1863)
  • Trichopsomyia puella (Williston, 1888) [1]
  • Trichopsomyia recedens (Walker, 1852)
  • Trichopsomyia rufithoracica (Curran, 1921)
  • Trichopsomyia similis (Curran, 1924)
  • Trichopsomyia tuberculata (Williston, 1888)
  • Trichopsomyia tshapigou (Kuznetzov, 1990)
  • Trichopsomyia urania (Hull, 1949)

References
  1. Williston, Samuel Wendell (1888). "Diptera Brasiliana, ab H. H. Smith collecta. Part I, Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 15: 243–292. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  3. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
  4. "Hover flies".
  5. Fluke, C.L., Jr (1937). "New South American Syrphidae" (PDF). Am. Mus. Novit. 941: 1–14.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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