''Portevinia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
hoverflies
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, whi ...
.
There is only one
Europe
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an species - ''P. maculata''.
Species
*''
P. altaica''
(Stackelberg __NOTOC__
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A
* Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian revi ...
, 1926)
*''
P. dispar''
(Hervé-Bazin, 1929)
*''
P. maculata''
( Fallén, 1817)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2748028
Diptera of Europe
Eristalinae
Hoverfly genera