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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Volucellini
Genus: Copestylum
Macquart, 1846[1]
Type species
Copestylum flaviventris
Species

List of Copestylum species

C. haagii
C. vesicularium

Taxonomy

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Subgenera and type species

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The following is a list of the subgenera within Copestylum, with just the type species of each subgenus listed afterwards.[4]

Species

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For a complete list of Copestylum species, see List of Copestylum species.

Notes

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  1. ^ originally described as Temnocera megacephala (Loew)
  2. ^ Type-species, tibialis Shannon preoccupied so renamed rufitarse by Thompson[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Giglio-Tos, Ermanno. "Ditteri del Messico". Torino, Italia: C. Clausen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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