Psilota

Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a venia spuria in the wings. The larvae feed on tree sap.

Systematics
Extant species: • Psilota aegeae Vujic, Stahls & Smit, 2020

• Psilota aislinnae Young, 2020

• Psilota alexanderi Young, 2020

• Psilota anthracina Meigen, 1822

• Psilota atra (Fallén, 1817)

• Psilota auricauda Curran, 1926

• Psilota auripila Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota azurea Thompson & Young

• Psilota basalis (Walker, 1858)

• Psilota bicolor Young, 2020

• Psilota bifenestrata Meijere, 1933

• Psilota brevicornis Shiraki, 1968

• Psilota brunnipennis Young, 2020

• Psilota buccata (Macquart, 1842)

• Psilota calva Young, 2020

• Psilota coerulea Macquart, 1846

• Psilota cuprea (Macquart, 1850)

• Psilota darwini Young, 2020

• Psilota decessum (Hutton, 1901)

• Psilota dichoptica Thompson, 2013

• Psilota erythrogaster Curran, 1926

• Psilota exilistyla Smit & Vujić, 2008

• Psilota fasciata Curran, 1929

• Psilota femoralis Schiner, 1868

• Psilota flavidipennis Macquart, 1855

• Psilota flavoorta Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota fuscifrons Young, 2020

• Psilota hirta Klöcker, 1924

• Psilota innupta Rondani, 1857

• Psilota klymkoi Locke, Young & Skevington, 2019

• Psilota kroshka Mutin, 1999

• Psilota livida Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota longipila Thompson & Young

• Psilota mcqueeni Young, 2020

• Psilota metallica Thompson & Young

• Psilota nana Smit & Vujić, 2008

• Psilota nigripila Young, 2020

• Psilota nigripilosa Shiraki, 1968

• Psilota nitida (Macquart,1850)

• Psilota occidua Young, 2020

• Psilota pollinosa Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota purpurea Thompson & Young

• Psilota queenslandica (Klöcker,1924)

• Psilota rubra Klöcker,1924

• Psilota rubriventris (Bigot,1885)

• Psilota shannoni Goot,1964

• Psilota shewelli Thompson, 2012

• Psilota smaragdina Young, 2020

• Psilota solata Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota spathistylata Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota spinifemur Young, 2020

• Psilota tabidosa Scudder, 1890

• Psilota tectonae Meijere, 1933

• Psilota thatuna Shannon, 1922

• Psilota tristis Klöcker, 1924

• Psilota victoria Curran, 1925

• Psilota viridescens Young & Steenis, 2020

• Psilota viridis Macquart, 1847

• Psilota xanthostoma Young, 2020

• Psilota zophos Young, 2020