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Plushback Flies
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Plushback Flies

Palpada

Palpada is a genus of 85 neotropical and nearctic flower flies or hoverflies

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Northern Plushback

speciesPalpada vinetorum

Tropical Plushback

speciesPalpada furcata

Golden Plushback

speciesPalpada mexicana

Double-banded Plushback

speciesPalpada agrorum

Bicolored Plushback

speciesPalpada pusilla

White-faced Plushback

speciesPalpada albifrons

Single-banded Plushback

speciesPalpada alhambra

Palpada elegans

speciesPalpada elegans

Palpada Scutellaris group

complexPalpada scutellaris

Palpada ruficeps

speciesPalpada ruficeps

Palpada meigenii

speciesPalpada meigenii

Palpada pygolampa

speciesPalpada pygolampa

Palpada thalia

speciesPalpada thalia

Wide-eyed Plushback

speciesPalpada texana

Palpada nigripes

speciesPalpada nigripes

Palpada chilena

speciesPalpada chilena

Harlequin Plushback

speciesPalpada rufiventris

Palpada ochracea

speciesPalpada ochracea

Palpada rufipedes

speciesPalpada rufipedes

Palpada urotaenia

speciesPalpada urotaenia

Palpada fasciata

speciesPalpada fasciata

Palpada cosmia

speciesPalpada cosmia

Large-spotted Plushback

speciesPalpada aemula

Dusky Plushback

speciesPalpada minutalis

Palpada atrimana

speciesPalpada atrimana

Palpada hortorum

speciesPalpada hortorum

Palpada prietorum

speciesPalpada prietorum

Palpada monticola

speciesPalpada monticola

Palpada suprarufa

speciesPalpada suprarufa

Palpada triangularis

speciesPalpada triangularis

Palpada amazon

speciesPalpada amazon

Palpada albiventris

speciesPalpada albiventris

Palpada bequaerti

speciesPalpada bequaerti

Palpada bistellata

speciesPalpada bistellata

Palpada braziliensis

speciesPalpada braziliensis

Palpada caliginosa

speciesPalpada caliginosa

Palpada claripennis

speciesPalpada claripennis

Palpada clarissima

speciesPalpada clarissima

Palpada cora

speciesPalpada cora

Palpada diminuta

speciesPalpada diminuta

Palpada distinguenda

speciesPalpada distinguenda

Palpada expicta

speciesPalpada expicta

Palpada familiaris

speciesPalpada familiaris

Palpada fasciculata

speciesPalpada fasciculata

Palpada flavipennis

speciesPalpada flavipennis

Palpada flavoscutellata

speciesPalpada flavoscutellata

Palpada florea

speciesPalpada florea

Palpada funerea

speciesPalpada funerea

Palpada fuscipennis

speciesPalpada fuscipennis

Palpada gagathina

speciesPalpada gagathina

Palpada incubus

speciesPalpada incubus

Palpada inversa

speciesPalpada inversa

Palpada lindneri

speciesPalpada lindneri

Palpada xanthosceles

speciesPalpada xanthosceles

Palpada geniculata

speciesPalpada geniculata

Palpada taenia

speciesPalpada taenia

Palpada spectabilis

speciesPalpada spectabilis

Palpada solennis

speciesPalpada solennis

Palpada mirabilis

speciesPalpada mirabilis

Palpada interrupta

speciesPalpada interrupta

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