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''Copestylum'' is one of the largest

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of hoverflies in the

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. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of

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in which the

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e live.

Taxonomy

Subgenera and type species

The following is a list of the

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within ''Copestylum'', with just the type species of each subgenus listed afterwards. * Subgenus ''Copestylum'' Macquart, 1846 – type ''

Copestylum flaviventre ''C. haagii'' ''Copestylum'' is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of cacti ...

'' Macquart, 1846 * Subgenus ''Phalacromyia'' Rondani, 1848 – type '' Copestylum submetallicum'' ( Rondani, 1848) * Subgenus ''Glaurotricha''

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, 1869 – type ''

Copestylum muscarium ''C. haagii'' ''Copestylum'' is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of cacti ...

'' (

, 1869) * Subgenus ''Atemnocera'' Bigot, 1882a – type '' Copestylum scutellatum'' ( Macquart, 1842) * Subgenus ''Apophysophora'' Williston, 1888 – type '' Copestylum trituberculatum''

, 1976 * Subgenus ''Megametopon (= Ophromyia)'' Giglio-Tos, 1891 – type '' Copestylum nasicum'' ( Williston, 1891) * Subgenus ''Camerania'' Giglio-Tos, 1892a – type '' Copestylum macrocephalum'' ( Giglio-Tos, 1892) * Subgenus ''Viereckomyia'' Curran, 1925b – type '' Copestylum gibberum'' ( Schiner, 1868) * Subgenus ''Lepidopsis'' Curran, 1925b – type '' Copestylum compactum'' ( Curran, 1925) * Subgenus ''Volosyrpha'' Shannon, 1929 – type ''

Copestylum rufitarse ''C. haagii'' ''Copestylum'' is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of cacti ...

, 1976 * Subgenus ''Volucellosia'' Curran, 1930d – type '' Copestylum fornax'' Townsend, 1895 * Subgenus ''Tachinosyrphus''

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, 1936b – type '' Copestylum pseudotachina'' (

, 1936)

Species

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

Notes

References

External links

* * Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Hoverfly genera Eristalinae Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart {{Syrphidae-stub