Mallota
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For the village in the Arcadia prefecture in Greece, see Mallota, Greece
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| Mallota spp possibly cimbiciformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Section: | Aschiza |
| Superfamily: | Syrphoidea |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Milesiinae |
| Tribe: | Eristalini |
| Genus: | Mallota Meigen, 1822 |
| Species | |
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>75 species |
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Mallota is a widely-distributed Holarctic genus of hoverfly (a member of the fly family Syrphidae), well-known for their bee-like appearance.
[edit] Species
- M. albipes Snow, 1895
- M. bautias (Walker, 1849)
- M. bequaerti Hull, 1956
- M. cimbiciformis (Fallén, 1817)
- M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819)
- M. dusmeti Andreu, 1925
- M. extrema (Loew, 1858)
- M. fuciformis (Fabricius, 1794)
- M. hirsuta Hull, 1941
- M. megilliformis (Fallén, 1817)
- M. meromacrimima Hull, 1941
- M. posticata (Fabricius, 1805)
- M. sackeni Williston, 1882
- M. tricolor Loew, 1871
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[edit] References
- Stubbs, Alan E. and Steven J. Falk (1983), British Hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide, British Entomological and Natural History Society. ISBN 0-9502891-9-1
