Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive aristae and the face is extended downward. They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumblebees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.
Selected species
- Volucella abdita <small>Violovich, 1978</small>
- Volucella anastasia <small>Hull, 1946</small>
- Volucella arctica <small>Johnson, 1916</small>
- Volucella bombylans <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Volucella dracaena <small>Curran</small>
- Volucella elegans <small>Loew, 1862</small>
- Volucella eugenia <small>Williston, 1887</small>
- Volucella evecta <small>Walker, 1852</small>
- Volucella facialis <small>Williston, 1882</small>
- Volucella flavizona <small>Cheng, 2012</small>
- Volucella galbicorpus <small>Cheng, 2012</small>
- Volucella inanis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Volucella inflata <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- Volucella jeddona <small>Bigot, 1875</small>
- Volucella latifasciata <small>Cheng, 2012</small>
- Volucella linearis <small>Walker, 1849</small>
- Volucella liquida <small>Erichson in Wagner, 1841</small>
- Volucella lutzi <small>Curran, 1930</small>
- Volucella matsumurai <small>Han & Choi, 2001</small>
- Volucella nigricans <small>Coquillett, 1898</small>
- Volucella nigropicta <small>Portschinsky, 1884</small>
- Volucella pellucens <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Volucella plumatoides <small>Hervé-Bazin, 1923</small>
- Volucella suzukii <small>Matsumura, 1916 </small>
- Volucella tau <small>Bigot, 1883</small>
- Volucella unipunctata <small>Curran, 1926</small>
- Volucella zonaria <small>(Poda, 1761)</small>
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