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 in which the larvae live.
Taxonomy
Subgenera and type species
The following is a list of the subgenera within Copestylum, with just the type species of each subgenus listed afterwards.
- Subgenus Copestylum <small>Macquart, 1846</small> â type Copestylum flaviventre <small>Macquart, 1846</small>
- Subgenus Phalacromyia <small>Rondani, 1848</small> â type Copestylum submetallicum <small>(Rondani, 1848)</small>
- Subgenus Glaurotricha <small>Thomson, 1869</small> â type Copestylum muscarium <small>(Thomson, 1869)</small>
- Subgenus Atemnocera <small>Bigot, 1882a</small> â type Copestylum scutellatum <small>(Macquart, 1842)</small>
- Subgenus Apophysophora <small>Williston, 1888</small> â type Copestylum trituberculatum <small>Thomson, 1976</small>
- Subgenus Megametopon (= Ophromyia) <small>Giglio-Tos, 1891</small> â type Copestylum nasicum <small>(Williston, 1891)</small>
- Subgenus Camerania <small>Giglio-Tos, 1892a</small> â type Copestylum macrocephalum <small>(Giglio-Tos, 1892) </small>
- Subgenus Viereckomyia <small>Curran, 1925b</small> â type Copestylum gibberum <small>(Schiner, 1868)</small>
- Subgenus Lepidopsis <small>Curran, 1925b</small> â type Copestylum compactum <small>(Curran, 1925)</small>
- Subgenus Volosyrpha <small>Shannon, 1929</small> â type Copestylum rufitarse <small>Thomson, 1976</small>
- Subgenus Volucellosia <small>Curran, 1930d</small> â type Copestylum fornax <small>Townsend, 1895</small>
- Subgenus Tachinosyrphus <small>Hull, 1936b</small> â type Copestylum pseudotachina <small>(Hull, 1936)</small>
Species
For a complete list of Copestylum species, see List of Copestylum species.
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