Palpada

Genus of flies

Palpada

Palpada sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Syrphidae
Subfamily:  | Eristalinae
Tribe:  | Eristalini
Subtribe:  | Eristalina
Genus:  | Palpada
Macquart, 1854
Type species
Palpada scutellaris

Fabricius, 1805

Synonyms

Doliosyrphus Bigot, 1882a

Palpada is a genus of 85 neotropical and nearctic flower flies or hoverflies.[1][2][3][4] This genus is often colorful and bee-like. It is in the tribe Eristaliini containing dozens of genera.[1] Common sister genera include Eristalis (99 species), Meromacrus (43 sp.), Eristalinus (100 sp.) and Helophilus (50 sp.). The genus Palpada is distinguished by:

* Eyes with uniform pile.
* Meron with fine pale hairs in front of or below spiracle.
* Hind femur with basal patch of dense black setulae.
* Cell r2+3 closed before wing margin.
* R4+5 moderately to strongly dipped into cell r4+5.[1]

The larvae are aquatic and have a distinctive shape, usually being referred to as rat-tailed. The rat-tail is a breathng tube that allows the larvae to live in low oxygen water.

## Species

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* P. aemula (Williston, 1891)
* P. agrorum (Fabricius, 1787)[5]
* P. aemula (Williston, 1891)
* P. albifrons (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. albiventris (Bigot, 1880)
* P. alhambra (Hull, 1925) [5]
* P. amazon (Curran, 1930)
* P. atrimana (Loew, 1866)
* P. bequaerti (Hull, 1942)
* P. bistellata (Hull, 1935)
* P. braziliensis (Goot, 1964)
* P. caliginosa (Walker, 1849)
* P. chilena (Rondani, 1863)
* P. claripennis (Hull, 1949)
* P. clarissima (Giglio-tos, 1892)
* P. claudia (Curran, 1930)
* P. conica (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. cora (Hull, 1949)
* P. cordiformis (Morales, 2009)
* P. cosmia (Schiner, 1868)
* P. cyanea (Thunberg, 1819)
* P. diminuta (Walker, 1849)
* P. distinguenda (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. doris (Curran, 1930)
* P. elegans (Blanchard, 1854)
* P. erratica (Curran, 1930)
* P. expicta (Walker, 1860)
* P. familiaris (Walker, 1860)
* P. fasciata (Wiedemann, 1819)
* P. fasciculata (Curran, 1938)
* P. flavipennis (Macquart, 1842)
* P. flavoscutellata (Hull, 1937)
* P. florea (Hull, 1925)
* P. fuliginosa (Hull, 1935)
* P. funerea (Rondani, 1850)
* P. furcata (Wiedemann, 1819)
* P. fuscipennis (Macquart, 1846)
* P. gagathina (Bigot, 1887)
* P. geniculata (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. hortorum (Fabricius, 1775)
* P. incubus (Hull, 1943)
* P. intermedia
* P. interrupta (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. inversa (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. langi (Curran, 1934)
* P. lindneri (Thompson, 1999)
* P. macula (Sack, 1941)
* P. megafemur (Thompson, 1999 )
* P. meigenii (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. melanaspis (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. mexicana (Macquart, 1847) [6]
* P. minutalis (Williston, 1891)
* P. mirabilis (Hull, 1925)
* P. mitis
* P. monticola (Röder, 1886)
* P. nigripes (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. obsoleta Wiedemann, 1830
* P. ochracea (Williston, 1888)
* P. panorama (Reemer & Morales, 2016)
* P. parvula (Williston, 1888)
* P. precipua (Williston, 1888)
* P. precipuus
* P. prietorum (Mengual, 2008)
* P. pusilla (Macquart, 1842)[7]
* P. pusio (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. pusioides (Hull, 1951)
* P. pygolampa (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. ruficeps (Macquart, 1842)
* P. rufipedes (Thompson, 1976)
* P. rufiventris (Macquart, 1846)
* P. rufoscutellata (Sack, 1921)
* P. schistacea (Williston, 1888)
* P. scopanthus (Hull, 1944)
* P. scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)[8]
* P. semicirculus (Walker, 1852)
* P. signata (Lagrange, 1987)
* P. solennis (Walker, 1852)
* P. spectabilis (Hull, 1925)
* P. suprarufa (Thompson, 1999)
* P. taenia (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. tatei (Curran, 1930)
* P. texana (Hull, 1925)[5]
* P. thalia (Hull, 1942)
* P. triangularis (Giglio-tos, 1892)
* P. urotaenia (Curran, 1930)
* P. vera (Hull, 1949)
* P. vierecki (Curran, 1930)
* P. vinetorum (Fabricius 1799)[5]
* P. xanthosceles (Thompson, 1981)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2022)

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## References

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1. ^ a b c Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. 246. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–19\. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
2. ^ Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
3. ^ Morales, M.N.; Marinoni, L. 2009: Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the scutellaris group of Palpada Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae). Invertebrate systematics, 23: 301–347. doi:10.1071/IS09006
4. ^ Mengual, X.; Thompson, F. C. (2008). "A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1741. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 31–36\. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1741.1.3. hdl:10045/12251. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
5. ^ a b c d Hull, Frank Montgomery (1925). "A Review of the Genus Eristalis Latreille in North America". The Ohio Journal of Science. 25: 11–45. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. ^ Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1847). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Paris, Roret. pp. 5–104.
7. ^ Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1842). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--2e partie. Paris: Roret. pp. 5–140. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
8. ^ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum : secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae. p. 372.?

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palpada.

* Genus Palpada on BugGuide

Taxon identifiers

Palpada|

* Wikidata: Q2745249
* Wikispecies: Palpada
* BOLD: 200925
* BugGuide: 9169
* CoL: 6CVX
* EoL: 80852
* GBIF: 1533295
* iNaturalist: 55265
* IRMNG: 1265622
* ITIS: 140995
* NCBI: 414842
* Plazi: 587687C9-FFA3-8571-30ED-FC2EFDB14445