Myolepta

Myolepta
Myolepta varipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Brachyopini
Genus: Myolepta
Newman, 1838
Synonyms

Myolepta is a cosmopolitan genus of hoverflies[1][2][3] most closely related to the genus Lepidomyia[4]

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  2. ^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  3. ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  4. ^ Reemer, M.; M. Hauser; M.C.D. Speight (2005). "The genus Myolepta Newman in the West-Palaearctic region (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF). Studia Dipterologica. 11: 553–580.