Species Psilota rubriventris (Bigot, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Brachyopa rubriventris Bigot, J.M.F. 1885. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 28e partie. XXXVI. Syrphidi. Addenda au mémoire publi. dans les Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Années 1883-1884). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 5: 247-152 [248].

Generic Combinations

• Brachyopa rubriventris Bigot, 1885.
• Psilota rubriventris (Bigot, 1885). —
  Thompson, C. & Vockeroth, J.R. 1989. Family Syrphidae. pp. 437-458 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [454]

Introduction

Psilota rubriventris (Bigot, 1885: 248) is a species with a red abdomen known from the holotype female (type locality: Australia). It is a possible synonym of P. cuprea, but the species complex requires further revisionary work (Young et al. 2020).

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

General References

Young, A.D., Skevington, J.H. & Van Steenis, W. 2020. Revision of the Psilota Meigen, 1822 flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4737(1): 1-126 [104]

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