Brachyopa

Brachyopa
Brachyopa scutellaris museum specimen
Brachyopa sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Subtribe: Brachyopina
Genus: Brachyopa
Meigen, 1822[1]
Type species
Musca conica
Panzer, 1798[2]
Synonyms

Brachyopa is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies[6][7][8] whose grey and brown colouration is unusual for this family and these flies can easily be overlooked amongst members of other fly families. The larvae can be found under the bark of dead branches and trees in decaying sap.

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