Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro. Milesia are predominantly Palaeotropical in distribution almost entirely Oriental.
The Larvae are of the short-tailed type, found in decaying heartwood of deciduous trees, including rot-holes.
Species List
- M. afra <small>Doesburg, 1955</small>
- M. anthrax <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. aperta <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. apicalis <small>Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863</small>
- M. apsycta <small>Séguy, 1948</small>
- M. arnoldi <small>Malloch, 1932</small>
- M. balteata <small>Kertész, 1901</small>
- M. bella <small>Townsend, 1897</small>
- M. bequaerti <small>(Doesburg, 1955)</small>
- M. bigoti <small>Osten Sacken, 1882</small>
- M. brunetti <small>Herve-Bazin, 1923</small>
- M. brunneonigra <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. caesarea <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. cinnamomea <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. citrogramma <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. collina <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. confluens <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. conspicienda <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- M. conspicua <small>Curran, 1928</small>
- M. crabroniformis <small>Fabricius, 1775</small>
- M. cretosa <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. crinita <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. dearmata <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. diardi <small>Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863</small>
- M. elegans <small>Matsumura, 1916</small>
- M. excelda <small>Curran, 1928</small>
- M. ferruginosa <small>Brunetti, 1913</small>
- M. fissipennis <small>Speiser, 1911</small>
- M. flavifacies <small>Bigot, 1876</small>
- M. fuscicosta <small>Bigot, 1875</small>
- M. gigantea <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. illustris <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. imperator <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. insignis <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. insistens <small>Curran, 1931</small>
- M. labellata <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. lieftincki <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. limbipennis <small>Macquart, 1848</small>
- M. maai <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. macularis <small>Wiedemann, 1824</small>
- M. maolana <small>Chang & Yang, 1993</small>
- M. metallica <small>Curran, 1931</small>
- M. micans <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. mima <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. nigra <small>Fluke, 1939</small>
- M. nigriventris <small>He & Chu, 1994</small>
- M. ochracea <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. oshimaensis <small>Shiraki, 1930</small>
- M. overlaeti <small>(Doesburg, 1955)</small>
- M. paucipunctata <small>Yang & Cheng, 1993</small>
- M. pendleburyi <small>Curran, 1928</small>
- M. pennipes <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. plumipes <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. prolixa <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. pulchra <small>Williston, 1892</small>
- M. quantula <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. reinwardtii <small>Wiedemann, 1824</small>
- M. rex <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. ritsemae <small>Osten Sacken, 1882</small>
- M. scutellata <small>Hull, 1924</small>
- M. semifulva <small>Meijere, 1904</small>
- M. semiluctifera <small>(Villers, 1789)</small>
- M. semperi <small>Osten Sacken, 1882</small>
- M. sexmaculata <small>Brunetti, 1915</small>
- M. simulator <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. sinensis <small>Curran, 1925</small>
- M. spectabilis <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. tadzhikorum <small>Peck & Hippa, 1988</small>
- M. tigris <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. titanea <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. trilobata <small>Hippa, 1990</small>
- M. undulata <small>Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862</small>
- M. variegata <small>Brunetti, 1908</small>
- M. verticalis <small>Brunetti, 1923</small>
- M. vespoides <small>Walker, 1857</small>
- M. virginiensis <small>(Drury, 1924)</small>
- M. yaeyamana <small>Matsumura, 1916</small>
- M. zamiel <small>Walker, 1856</small>
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