| Milesiini | |
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| Milesia crabroniformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini Rondani, 1845[1] |
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The Milesiini (or Xylotini)[2] is a large and diverse tribe of hoverflies. They mimic wasps or hornets.
- ^ Rondani, Camillo (1845). "Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [part]". Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna 1844. 2 (2): 443–459.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 325–326. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.