Brachyopa

Brachyopa
	Brachyopa scutellaris museum specimen
	Brachyopa sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Brachyopini
Subtribe:	Brachyopina
Genus:	Brachyopa; Meigen, 1822
Type species
	Musca conica; Panzer, 1798
Synonyms
	Barachopa Woodworth, 1913; Brachiopa Newman, 1834; Brachiopa Róndani, 1844;

Brachyopa is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies^[6]^[7]^[8] 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)^[9]^[10]
Brachyopa bimaculosa Doczkal & Dziock, 2004
Brachyopa cinerea Wahlberg, 1844
Brachyopa cinereovittata Bigot, 1884
Brachyopa cynops Snow, 1892 ^[11]
Brachyopa daeckei Johnson, 1917^[12]
Brachyopa diversa Johnson, 1917 ^[12]
Brachyopa dorsata Zetterstedt, 1837
Brachyopa flavescens Shannon, 1915 ^[13]
Brachyopa gigas Lovett, 1919 ^[14]
Brachyopa grunewaldensis Kassebeer, 2000^[10]
Brachyopa insensilis Collin, 1939^[10]
Brachyopa maculipennis Thompson, 1980
Brachyopa maritima Violovitsh, 1980^[15]
Brachyopa media Williston, 1882 ^[16]
Brachyopa notata Osten Sacken, 1875 ^[17]
Brachyopa obscura Thompson & Torp, 1982
Brachyopa ornamentosa Violovitsh, 1977^[15]
Brachyopa panzeri Goffe, 1945
Brachyopa paradoxa Krivosheina, 2004
Brachyopa perplexa Curran, 1922 ^[18]
Brachyopa pilosa Collin, 1939
Brachyopa pivanica Mutin, 1984^[15]
Brachyopa plena Collin, 1939^[10]
Brachyopa primorica Mutin, 1998
Brachyopa punctipennis Curran, 1925
Brachyopa quadrimaculosa Thompson, 1981
Brachyopa rufiabdominalis Jones, 1917 ^[18]
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 ^[19]
Brachyopa violovitshi Mutin, 1985
Brachyopa vittata Zetterstedt, 1843^[10]
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

^[20]

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.
^ Panzer, G.W.F. (1798). Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 60. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.
^ Woodworth, C.W. (1913). Guide to California insects. Berkeley: The Law Press. pp. 360 p. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Newman, E. (1834). "Attempted division of British insects into natural orders". The Entomological magazine. 2: 379–431. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ Rondani, C. (1844). "Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [part]". Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna 1844. 2 (2): 443–459.
^ 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.
^ Fallen, Carl Fredrik (1817). Syrphici Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 31–42.
^ ^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.
^ Curran, Howard (1922). "The Syrphid Genera Hammerschmidtia and Brachyopa in Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 15: 239–255.
^ ^a ^b curran 1920, pp. 246.
^ curran 1920, pp. 248.
^ curran 1920, pp. 252.
^ ^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.
^ curran 1920, pp. 247.
^ curran 1920, pp. 251.
^ ^a ^b curran 1920, pp. 249.
^ curran 1920, pp. 245.
^ "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.

[Panzer1798-2] Panzer, G.W.F. (1798). Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 60. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.

[Woodworth1913-3] Woodworth, C.W. (1913). Guide to California insects. Berkeley: The Law Press. pp. 360 p. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[Newman1834-4] Newman, E. (1834). "Attempted division of British insects into natural orders". The Entomological magazine. 2: 379–431. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[Rondani1844-5] Rondani, C. (1844). "Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [part]". Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna 1844. 2 (2): 443–459.

[Stubbs-6] 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-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.

[VanVeen-8] 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.

[Fallen1817-9] Fallen, Carl Fredrik (1817). Syrphici Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 31–42.

[mdcw-10] 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.

[curran-11] Curran, Howard (1922). "The Syrphid Genera Hammerschmidtia and Brachyopa in Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 15: 239–255.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920246-12] urran 1920, pp. 246.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920248-13] urran 1920, pp. 248.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920252-14] urran 1920, pp. 252.

[szmn-15] 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.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920247-16] urran 1920, pp. 247.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920251-17] urran 1920, pp. 251.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920249-18] urran 1920, pp. 249.

[FOOTNOTEcurran1920245-19] urran 1920, pp. 245.

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

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