Copestylum
Copestylum is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced by the importation of cacti in which the larvae live.
| Copestylum | |
|---|---|
| C. sexmaculatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Volucellini |
| Genus: | Copestylum Macquart, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Copestylum flaviventris Macquart, 1846 | |
| Species | |
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