# Psilota

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***Psilota*** is a genus of small black [hoverflies](/source/Hoverfly) with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order [Diptera](/source/Diptera). They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a [vena spuria](/source/Vena_spuria) in the wings.[1] The [larvae](/source/Larva) feed on tree sap.[2]

## Systematics

Extant species:[3]

- *[Psilota aegeae](/source/Psilota_aegeae)* Vujic, Stahls & Smit, 2020
- *[Psilota aislinnae](/source/Psilota_aislinnae)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota alexanderi](/source/Psilota_alexanderi)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota anthracina](/source/Psilota_anthracina)* [Meigen](/source/Johann_Wilhelm_Meigen), 1822
- *[Psilota atra](/source/Psilota_atra)* (Fallén, 1817)
- *[Psilota auricauda](/source/Psilota_auricauda)* Curran, 1926
- *[Psilota auripila](/source/Psilota_auripila)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota azurea](/source/Psilota_azurea)* Thompson & Young
- *[Psilota basalis](/source/Psilota_basalis)* (Walker, 1858)
- *[Psilota bicolor](/source/Psilota_bicolor)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota bifenestrata](/source/Psilota_bifenestrata)* Meijere, 1933
- *[Psilota brevicornis](/source/Psilota_brevicornis)* Shiraki, 1968
- *[Psilota brunnipennis](/source/Psilota_brunnipennis)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota buccata](/source/Psilota_buccata)* ([Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1842)
- *[Psilota calva](/source/Psilota_calva)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota coerulea](/source/Psilota_coerulea)* [Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1846
- *[Psilota cuprea](/source/Psilota_cuprea)* ([Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1850)
- *[Psilota darwini](/source/Psilota_darwini)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota decessum](/source/Psilota_decessum)* (Hutton, 1901)
- *[Psilota dichoptica](/source/Psilota_dichoptica)* Thompson, 2013
- *[Psilota erythrogaster](/source/Psilota_erythrogaster)* Curran, 1926
- *[Psilota exilistyla](/source/Psilota_exilistyla)* Smit & Vujić, 2008
- *[Psilota fasciata](/source/Psilota_fasciata)* Curran, 1929
- *[Psilota femoralis](/source/Psilota_femoralis)* Schiner, 1868
- *[Psilota flavidipennis](/source/Psilota_flavidipennis)* [Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1855
- *[Psilota flavoorta](/source/Psilota_flavoorta)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota fuscifrons](/source/Psilota_fuscifrons)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota hirta](/source/Psilota_hirta)* Klöcker, 1924
- *[Psilota innupta](/source/Psilota_innupta)* [Rondani](/source/Camillo_Rondani), 1857
- *[Psilota klymkoi](/source/Psilota_klymkoi)* Locke, Young & Skevington, 2019
- *[Psilota kroshka](/source/Psilota_kroshka)* Mutin, 1999
- *[Psilota livida](/source/Psilota_livida)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota longipila](/source/Psilota_longipila)* Thompson & Young
- *[Psilota mcqueeni](/source/Psilota_mcqueeni)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota metallica](/source/Psilota_metallica)* Thompson & Young
- *[Psilota nana](/source/Psilota_nana)* Smit & Vujić, 2008
- *[Psilota nigripila](/source/Psilota_nigripila)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota nigripilosa](/source/Psilota_nigripilosa)* Shiraki, 1968
- *[Psilota nitida](/source/Psilota_nitida)* ([Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart),1850)
- *[Psilota occidua](/source/Psilota_occidua)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota pollinosa](/source/Psilota_pollinosa)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota purpurea](/source/Psilota_purpurea)* Thompson & Young
- *[Psilota queenslandica](/source/Psilota_queenslandica)* (Klöcker,1924)
- *[Psilota rubra](/source/Psilota_rubra)* Klöcker,1924
- *[Psilota rubriventris](/source/Psilota_rubriventris)* (Bigot,1885)
- *[Psilota shannoni](/source/Psilota_shannoni)* Goot,1964
- *[Psilota shewelli](/source/Psilota_shewelli)* Thompson, 2012
- *[Psilota smaragdina](/source/Psilota_smaragdina)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota solata](/source/Psilota_solata)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota spathistylata](/source/Psilota_spathistylata)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota spinifemur](/source/Psilota_spinifemur)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota tabidosa](/source/Psilota_tabidosa)* Scudder, 1890
- *[Psilota tectonae](/source/Psilota_tectonae)* Meijere, 1933
- *[Psilota thatuna](/source/Psilota_thatuna)* Shannon, 1922
- *[Psilota tristis](/source/Psilota_tristis)* Klöcker, 1924
- *[Psilota victoria](/source/Psilota_victoria)* Curran, 1925
- *[Psilota viridescens](/source/Psilota_viridescens)* Young & Steenis, 2020
- *[Psilota viridis](/source/Psilota_viridis)* [Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1847
- *[Psilota xanthostoma](/source/Psilota_xanthostoma)* Young, 2020
- *[Psilota zophos](/source/Psilota_zophos)* Young, 2020

## References

1. 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.

1. Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). *British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide*. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp.

1. ["Psilota Meigen, 1822"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1534962). *www.gbif.org*. Retrieved 2022-11-26.

## External links

- [Genus description](http://delta-intkey.com/britin/syr/www/psilota.htm)

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