Trichopsomyia

Trichopsomyia
	Trichopsomyia flavitarsisIllustration in British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Syrphoidea
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Pipizinae
Tribe:	Pipizini
Genus:	Trichopsomyia; Williston, 1888[1]
Type species
	Trichopsomyia polita; Williston, 1888[1]

Trichopsomyia is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae (flower flies), in the order Diptera.[2][3]

Biology

Hover flies like the Trichopsomyia are small flies with large heads and eyes, and small antennae. Their bodies are medium to slender, with a waist that is not significantly narrow, unless it is a wasp mimicking species. They have one pair of clear wings, and the banded forms have yellow and black bands. Hoverflies resemble wasps or bees because of their black and yellow-striped abdomens. However, they are actually members of a fly family that have evolved to mimic wasps and bees for protection.[4]

Hoverfly larvae are flattened, legless and maggot-like. Most are green or brown in colour. They are carnivorous and eat aphids.

Species

T. apisaon Walker, 1849
T. australis (Johnson, 1907)
T. flavitarsis (Meigen, 1822)[5]
T. joratensis Goeldlin, 1997
T. litoralis Vockeroth, 1988
T. lucida (Meigen, 1822)[5]
T. nigritarsis (Curran, 1924)
T. occidentalis (Townsend, 1897)
T. polita Williston, 1888[1]
T. pubescens (Loew, 1863)
T. recedens (Walker, 1852)
T. rufithoracica (Curran, 1921)
T. similis (Curran, 1924)

References

Williston, Samuel Wendell (1888). "Diptera Brasiliana, ab H. H. Smith collecta. Part I, Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 15: 243–292. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.
"Hover flies".
Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

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[Williston1888-1] Williston, Samuel Wendell (1888). "Diptera Brasiliana, ab H. H. Smith collecta. Part I, Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 15: 243–292. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[VanVeen-2] Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.

[3] Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.

[4] "Hover flies".

[Meigen1822-5] Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.