''Mallota'' is a widely distributed
Holarctic genus of
hoverfly (a member of the
fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
family
Syrphidae), well known for their
bee
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-like appearance.
Species
*''
M. albipes''
Snow, 1895
*''
M. bautias''
( Walker, 1849)
*''
M. bequaerti''
Hull, 1956
*''
M. cimbiciformis''
( Fallén, 1817)
*''
M. dasyops''
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, 1819)
*''
M. dusmeti''
Andreu, 1925
*''
M. extrema''
( Loew, 1858)
*''
M. fuciformis''
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* Johann Goldsmid (1587 ...
, 1794)
*''
M. hirsuta''
Hull, 1941
*''
M. megilliformis''
( Fallén, 1817)
*''
M. meromacrimima''
Hull, 1941
*''
M. posticata''
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*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587 ...
, 1805)
*''
M. sackeni''
Williston, 1882
*''
M. tricolor''
Loew, 1871
References
* Stubbs, Alan E. and Steven J. Falk (1983), ''British Hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide'',
British Entomological and Natural History Society.
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Diptera of Europe
Hoverfly genera
Eristalinae
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen