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Monoceromyia
''Monoceromyia'' is a genus of hoverfly. Species in the genus are found in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Neotropical and Oriental regions. They are mimics of wasps and the genus is distinguished by the metapleura being widely separate behind the hind coxae. The elongated frontal base of the antenna is at least as long as the basal segment of the antenna and the second abdominal tergum is longer than wide and constricted. Systematics Species include: * '' Monoceromyia afra ''(Wiedemann 1830) * '' Monoceromyia ammophilina ''(Speiser, 1910) * '' Monoceromyia annulata ''(Kertész, 1913) * '' Monoceromyia atacta ''(Riek, 1954) * '' Monoceromyia bicolor ''(Kertesz 1902) *''Monoceromyia brunnecorporalis'' Yang & Cheng, 1999 *'' Monoceromyia bubulici'' * '' Monoceromyia cacica ''(Walker 1860) * '' Monoceromyia caffra ''(Loew, 1853) * '' Monoceromyia chusanensis ''(Ôuchi, 1943) * '' Monoceromyia congolensis ''(Bezzi, 1908) * '' Monoceromyia crocata ''(Cheng, 2012) * ...
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