Brachyopa

Brachyopa
	Brachyopa scutellaris museum specimen
	Brachyopa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Brachyopini
Genus:	Brachyopa; Meigen, 1822
Type species
	Musca conica; Panzer, 1798

Brachyopa is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies^[2]^[3]^[4] whose grey and brown colouration is unusual for this family and these flies can easily be overlooked amongst members of other fly families. The larvae can be found under the bark of dead branches and trees in decaying sap.

Species

Subgenus: Brachyopa

Brachyopa atlantea Kassebeer, 2000
Brachyopa bicolor (Fallén, 1817)^[5]
Brachyopa bimaculosa Doczkal & Dziock, 2004
Brachyopa cinerea Wahlberg, 1844
Brachyopa cinereovittata Bigot, 1884
Brachyopa cynops Snow, 1892
Brachyopa daeckei Johnson, 1917
Brachyopa diversa Johnson, 1917
Brachyopa dorsata Zetterstedt, 1837
Brachyopa flavescens Shannon, 1915
Brachyopa gigas Lovett, 1919
Brachyopa grunewaldensis Kassebeer, 2000^[5]
Brachyopa insensilis Collin, 1939^[5]
Brachyopa maculipennis Thompson, 1980
Brachyopa maritima Violovitsh, 1980^[6]
Brachyopa media Williston, 1882
Brachyopa notata Osten Sacken, 1875
Brachyopa obscura Thompson & Torp, 1982
Brachyopa ornamentosa Violovitsh, 1977^[6]
Brachyopa panzeri Goffe, 1945
Brachyopa paradoxa Krivosheina, 2004
Brachyopa perplexa Curran, 1922
Brachyopa pilosa Collin, 1939
Brachyopa pivanica Mutin, 1984^[6]
Brachyopa plena Collin, 1939^[5]
Brachyopa primorica Mutin, 1998
Brachyopa punctipennis Curran, 1925
Brachyopa quadrimaculosa Thompson, 1981
Brachyopa rufiabdominalis Jones, 1917
Brachyopa scutellaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1843
Brachyopa silviae Doczkal & Dziock, 2004
Brachyopa stackelbergi Krivosheina, 2004
Brachyopa tabarkensis Kassebeer, 2002
Brachyopa testacea (Fallén, 1817)
Brachyopa vacua Osten Sacken, 1875
Brachyopa violovitshi Mutin, 1985
Brachyopa vittata Zetterstedt, 1843^[5]
Brachyopa zhelochovtsevi Mutin, 1998

Subgenus: Hammerschmidtia – often considered a full genus.

Brachyopa ferruginea (Fallén, 1817)
Brachyopa ingrica (Stackelberg, 1952)
Brachyopa tropia Chu, 1994

Subgenus: Trichobrachyopa

Brachyopa tristis Kassebeer, 2001

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References

^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
^ Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e De Courcy Williams, Michael E.; Toussidou, Menia; Speight, Martin C.D. (December 2011). "Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Greece from Rhodope Mountains of Thrace and eastern Macedonia including Simosyrphus scutellaris new to Europe". Dipterists Digest (Print). Second Series. 18 (2). Dipterists Forum: 181–198. ISSN 0953-7260.
^ ^a ^b ^c Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
^ "Brachyopa Meigen, 1822." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80841/entries/33711139/overview. Retrieved 8 Jan 2012

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[Meigen1822-1] Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[Stubbs-2] Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.

[atlas-3] Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.

[VanVeen-4] Veen, M.P. van (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.

[mdcw-5] De Courcy Williams, Michael E.; Toussidou, Menia; Speight, Martin C.D. (December 2011). "Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Greece from Rhodope Mountains of Thrace and eastern Macedonia including Simosyrphus scutellaris new to Europe". Dipterists Digest (Print). Second Series. 18 (2). Dipterists Forum: 181–198. ISSN 0953-7260.

[szmn-6] Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.

[7] "Brachyopa Meigen, 1822." Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/80841/entries/33711139/overview. Retrieved 8 Jan 2012

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