''Kertesziomyia'' is a genus of 14

Hoverflies Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main ...

, from the family Syrphidae, in the order

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

. They are very similar to ''

Eristalinus ''Eristalinus'' is a genus of hoverfly. Most species have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding, though these features may fade on some preserved specimens. Most are stout flies, and are nimble flyers, even compared to othe ...

'', but ''Kertesziomyia'' is defined by having a postalar pile tuft but lacking the pile on posterior portions of the anepimeron and not having patterns on the eyes typical of ''Eristalinus''.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus ''Kertesziomyia'': * '' Kertesziomyia aeneicincta'' ( Meijere, 1929) * '' Kertesziomyia aenous'' (Brunetti, 1907) * '' Kertesziomyia albitibiis'' (Sack, 1926) * '' Kertesziomyia bicolor'' (Shiraki, 1930) * '' Kertesziomyia bidentata'' (Sack, 1926) * '' Kertesziomyia calliphoroides'' Shiraki, 1968 * '' Kertesziomyia conducta'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Kertesziomyia cyanea'' ( Brunetti, 1913) * '' Kertesziomyia distincta'' (Meijere, 1913) * '' Kertesziomyia fascipennis'' (Thompson, 1975) * '' Kertesziomyia formosana'' (Shiraki, 1930) * '' Kertesziomyia fulgens'' (Macquart, 1850) * '' Kertesziomyia marfax'' ( Curran, 1947) * '' Kertesziomyia nebulipennis'' (Meijere, 1914) * '' Kertesziomyia neptunus'' (Meijere, 1911) * '' Kertesziomyia nigra'' (Wiedemann, 1824) * '' Kertesziomyia obliterans'' (Walker, 1860) * '' Kertesziomyia penangensis'' (Curran, 1931) * '' Kertesziomyia perakensis'' (Curran, 1928) * '' Kertesziomyia pura'' (Curran, 1928) * '' Kertesziomyia quadrangulum'' (Meijere, 1916) * '' Kertesziomyia semisplendens'' (Sack, 1926) * '' Kertesziomyia velutina'' (Sack, 1926) * '' Kertesziomyia violascens'' (Kertész, 1913) (temperate Asia) * '' Kertesziomyia viridis'' (Coquillett, 1898)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2747055 Diptera of Asia Diptera of Australasia Hoverfly genera Eristalini