Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Eristalinae Subtribe Helophilina. Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | Family Syrphidae Tribe Eristalini Scientific name Lejops Higher classification Hoverfly Order Fly | |
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Similar Hoverfly, Fly, Anasimyia, Parhelophilus, Myolepta | ||
Lejops is a genus of hoverflies. The majority of the species are found in the Americas and Australia, with the exception of Lejops vittatus which is found in Europe and Asia.
The genus Lejops is closely related to Helophilus, Quichuana and Mallota.
Species
Can be further divided into several subgenera:
Subgenus: Anasimyia - often considered a full genus.
Subgenus: Arctosyrphus
Subgenus: Asemosyrphus
Subgenus: Eurimyia
Subgenus: Lejops
Subgenus: Lunomyia
Subgenus: Polydontomyia
References
Lejops Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA