''Fazia '' is a
genus
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of
hoverflies
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, whi ...
, formerly treated as a subgenus of ''
Allograpta
''Allograpta '' is a very large and diverse genus of hoverflies present throughout the world except most of the palearctic region. The adults are brightly coloured flower pollinators and most larvae have a predatory feeding mode involving soft-bo ...
'' (e.g.,
), but now treated as a genus, though not monophyletic as presently defined.
[Ximo Mengual, Gunilla Ståhls & Jeffrey H. Skevington (2021) Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of ''Loveridgeana'' and Afrotropical ''Sphaerophoria'' (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters, Systematics and Biodiversity, 19:1, 22-53, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1795743]
Species
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Fazia alta''
( Curran, 1936)
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Fazia altissima''
(Fluke, 1942)
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Fazia argentipila''
(Fluke, 1942)
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Fazia centropogonis''
(Nishida, 2002)
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Fazia colombia''
( Curran, 1925)
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Fazia decemmaculata''
( Rondani, 1863)
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Fazia eupeltata''
(Bigot
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, 1884)
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Fazia fasciata''
( Curran, 1932)
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Fazia fascifrons''
( Macquart, 1846)
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Fazia flukei''
( Curran, 1936)
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Fazia funeralia''
(Hull, 1944)
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Fazia hians''
( Enderlein, 1938)
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Fazia imitator''
( Curran, 1925)
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Fazia luna''
(Fluke, 1942)
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Fazia macquarti''
(Blanchard
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Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
, 1852)
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Fazia micrura''
( Osten Sacken, 1877)
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Fazia mu''
(Bigot
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, 1884)
*''
Fazia nasigera''
Enderlein, 1938
*''
Fazia plaumanni''
(Frey
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, 1946)
*''
Fazia remigis''
(Fluke, 1942)
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Fazia roburoris''
(Fluke, 1942)
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Fazia rostrata''
(Bigot
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, relig ...
, 1884)
*''
Fazia saussurii''
(Giglio-Tos, 1892)
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Fazia similis''
( Curran, 1925)
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Fazia strigifacies''
Enderlein, 1938
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Fazia syrphica''
(Giglio-Tos, 1892)
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Fazia willistoni''
(Giglio-Tos, 1893)
References
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Syrphini
Hoverfly genera