Volucella

Volucella
	Volucella pellucens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Volucellini
Genus:	Volucella; Geoffroy, 1762
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Macrostoma Swinderen, 1822

Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristae and the face is extended downward.^[3] They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumblebees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.^[4]

Selected species

Volucella anastasia Hull, 1946
Volucella arctica Johnson, 1916^[5]
Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Volucella dracaena Curran
Volucella elegans Loew, 1862
Volucella eugenia Williston, 1887
Volucella evecta Walker, 1852 ^[5]
Volucella facialis Williston, 1882 ^[5]
Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Volucella inflata (Fabricius, 1794)
Volucella jeddona Bigot, 1875
Volucella linearis Walker, 1849^[6]
Volucella liquida Erichson in Wagner, 1841
Volucella lutzi Curran, 1930
Volucella matsumurai Han & Choi, 2001^[6]
Volucella nigricans Coquillett, 1898
Volucella nigropicta Portschinsky, 1884
Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Volucella plumatoides Hervé-Bazin, 1923
Volucella suzukii Matsumura, 1916 ^[6]
Volucella tau Bigot, 1883
Volucella unipunctata Curran, 1926
Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761)

Gallery

Volucella bombylans var. bombylans female
Volucella bombylans var. plumata female
Volucella inanis female
Volucella pellucens female
Volucella inflata female
Volucella zonaria female

References

^ Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire abregee des insectes ... de Paris. , . Vol. 2, . Paris: Durand. pp. 690 pp., pls 11-22. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (2020). "The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano". Zootaxa. 4859 (3): 383–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4. PMID 33056189.
^ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
^ ^a ^b ^c Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ichige, Katsuyoshi. "Japanese Hoverfly photograph collection". Mito-city, Japan. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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[Geoffroy1762-1] Geoffroy, E.L. (1762). Histoire abregee des insectes ... de Paris. , . Vol. 2, . Paris: Durand. pp. 690 pp., pls 11-22. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[2] Evenhuis, Neal L. (2020). "The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano". Zootaxa. 4859 (3): 383–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4. PMID 33056189.

[3] Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.

[4] Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.

[skev-5] Skevington, Jeffrey H (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. ISBN 9780691189406.

[Ichige-6] Ichige, Katsuyoshi. "Japanese Hoverfly photograph collection". Mito-city, Japan. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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