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Bromeliad Flies
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Bromeliad Flies

Copestylum

Copestylum is one of the largest genera of hoverflies in the Americas. It comprises more than 300 species, of which only four have been found outside the Americas, having probably been introduced inside cacti.

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35 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Phalacromya

subgenusPhalacromya

Copestylum marginatum

complexCopestylum marginatum

Volucellosia

subgenusVolucellosia

Copestylum wulpi

speciesCopestylum wulpi

Lepidopsis

subgenusLepidopsis

Copestylum exeugenia

speciesCopestylum exeugenia

Volosyrpha

subgenusVolosyrpha

Copestylum eugenia

speciesCopestylum eugenia

Copestylum azurea

speciesCopestylum azurea

Copestylum

subgenusCopestylum

Megametopon

subgenusMegametopon

Tachinosyrphus

subgenusTachinosyrphus

Viereckomyia

subgenusViereckomyia

Apophysophora

subgenusApophysophora

Copestylum abrupta

speciesCopestylum abrupta

Copestylum albifrons

speciesCopestylum albifrons

Copestylum alchimista

speciesCopestylum alchimista

Copestylum azurinum

speciesCopestylum azurinum

Copestylum circe

speciesCopestylum circe

Copestylum brazilianum

speciesCopestylum brazilianum

Copestylum circumscriptum

speciesCopestylum circumscriptum

Copestylum contumax

speciesCopestylum contumax

Copestylum brunnicolor

speciesCopestylum brunnicolor

Copestylum chaetogaster

speciesCopestylum chaetogaster

Copestylum calochaetum

speciesCopestylum calochaetum

Copestylum viola

speciesCopestylum viola

Copestylum tripunctatum

speciesCopestylum tripunctatum

Copestylum submetallicum

speciesCopestylum submetallicum

Copestylum spectrale

speciesCopestylum spectrale

Copestylum punctiferum

speciesCopestylum punctiferum

Copestylum roraima

speciesCopestylum roraima

Copestylum apicula

speciesCopestylum apicula

Copestylum neotropicum

speciesCopestylum neotropicum

Copestylum rectifacies

speciesCopestylum rectifacies

Copestylum azureum

speciesCopestylum azureum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128846.