Mallota

For the village in the Arcadia prefecture in Greece, see Mallota, Greece

Mallota
Mallota spp possibly cimbiciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Milesiinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Genus:	Mallota Meigen, 1822
Species
>75 species

Mallota is a widely-distributed Holarctic genus of hoverfly (a member of the fly family Syrphidae), well-known for their bee-like appearance.

Species

• Mallota albipes Snow, 1895
• Mallota bautias (Walker, 1849)
• Mallota bequaerti Hull, 1956
• Mallota cimbiciformis (Fallén, 1817)
• Mallota dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819)
• Mallota dusmeti Andreu, 1925
• Mallota extrema (Loew, 1858)
• Mallota fuciformis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Mallota hirsuta Hull, 1941
• Mallota megilliformis (Fallén, 1817)
• Mallota meromacrimima Hull, 1941
• Mallota posticata (Fabricius, 1805)
• Mallota sackeni Williston, 1882
• Mallota tricolor Loew, 1871

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References

• Stubbs, Alan E. and Steven J. Falk (1983), British Hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide, British Entomological and Natural History Society. ISBN 0-9502891-9-1