Pterallastes
Genus of flies
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Pterallastes is a genus of bee-mimicking hoverflies. So far the genus contains only four species, one in North America, one from Japan, and two from China.[6][7][8]
| Pterallastes | |
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| Pterallastes thoracicus Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Subtribe: | Temnostomina |
| Genus: | Pterallastes Loew, 1863[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pterallastes thoracicus | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
- Pterallastes bettyae Thompson, 1979[8]
- Pterallastes bomboides Thompson, 1974[6]
- Pterallastes thoracicus Loew, 1863[1]
- Pterallastes unicolor (Shiraki, 1930)[2]
