Milesia (fly)

Milesia  is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro. Milesia are predominantly Palaeotropical in distribution almost entirely Oriental.

The Larvae are of the short-tailed type, found in decaying heartwood of deciduous trees, including rot-holes.

Species List

 * M. afra Doesburg, 1955
 * M. anthrax Hippa, 1990
 * M. aperta Hippa, 1990
 * M. apicalis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
 * M. apsycta Séguy, 1948
 * M. arnoldi Malloch, 1932
 * M. balteata Kertész, 1901
 * M. bella Townsend, 1897
 * M. bequaerti (Doesburg, 1955)
 * M. bigoti Osten Sacken, 1882
 * M. brunetti Herve-Bazin, 1923
 * M. brunneonigra Hippa, 1990
 * M. caesarea Hippa, 1990
 * M. cinnamomea Hippa, 1990
 * M. citrogramma Hippa, 1990
 * M. collina Hippa, 1990
 * M. confluens Hippa, 1990
 * M. conspicienda Walker, 1859
 * M. conspicua Curran, 1928
 * M. crabroniformis Fabricius, 1775
 * M. cretosa Hippa, 1990
 * M. crinita Hippa, 1990
 * M. dearmata Hippa, 1990
 * M. diardi Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
 * M. elegans Matsumura, 1916
 * M. excelda Curran, 1928
 * M. ferruginosa Brunetti, 1913
 * M. fissipennis Speiser, 1911
 * M. flavifacies Bigot, 1876
 * M. fuscicosta Bigot, 1875
 * M. gigantea Hippa, 1990
 * M. illustris Hippa, 1990
 * M. imperator Hippa, 1990
 * M. insignis Hippa, 1990
 * M. insistens Curran, 1931
 * M. labellata Hippa, 1990
 * M. lieftincki Hippa, 1990
 * M. limbipennis Macquart, 1848
 * M. maai Hippa, 1990
 * M. macularis Wiedemann, 1824
 * M. maolana Chang & Yang, 1993
 * M. metallica Curran, 1931
 * M. micans Hippa, 1990
 * M. mima Hippa, 1990
 * M. nigra Fluke, 1939
 * M. nigriventris He & Chu, 1994
 * M. ochracea Hippa, 1990
 * M. oshimaensis Shiraki, 1930
 * M. overlaeti (Doesburg, 1955)
 * M. paucipunctata Yang & Cheng, 1993
 * M. pendleburyi Curran, 1928
 * M. pennipes Hippa, 1990
 * M. plumipes Hippa, 1990
 * M. prolixa Hippa, 1990
 * M. pulchra Williston, 1892
 * M. quantula Hippa, 1990
 * M. reinwardtii Wiedemann, 1824
 * M. rex Hippa, 1990
 * M. ritsemae Osten Sacken, 1882
 * M. scutellata Hull, 1924
 * M. semifulva Meijere, 1904
 * M. semiluctifera (Villers, 1789)
 * M. semperi Osten Sacken, 1882
 * M. sexmaculata Brunetti, 1915
 * M. simulator Hippa, 1990
 * M. sinensis Curran, 1925
 * M. spectabilis Hippa, 1990
 * M. tadzhikorum Peck & Hippa, 1988
 * M. tigris Hippa, 1990
 * M. titanea Hippa, 1990
 * M. trilobata Hippa, 1990
 * M. undulata Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1862
 * M. variegata Brunetti, 1908
 * M. verticalis Brunetti, 1923
 * M. vespoides Walker, 1857
 * M. virginiensis (Drury, 1924)
 * M. yaeyamana Matsumura, 1916
 * M. zamiel Walker, 1856

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