Polybiomyia is a genus of hoverfly.Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M. A., Rotheray, G. E. & Hancock, E. G. (2007). The Early Stages and Breeding Sites of 10 Cerioidini Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(6):914-924
Systematics Species include:
Polybiomyia ablepta (Riek, 1954) Polybiomyia arietis (Loew, 1853) Polybiomyia bassleri (Curran, 1941) Polybiomyia bellardii (Shannon, 1925) Polybiomyia bequaerti (Curran, 1938) Polybiomyia bolivari (Thompson & Wyatt, 2015) Polybiomyia divisa (Walker, 1857) Polybiomyia engelhardti (Shannon, 1925) Polybiomyia lyncharribalzagai (Shannon, 1927) Polybiomyia macquarti (Shannon, 1925) Polybiomyia nigra (Bigot, 1884) Polybiomyia odontomera (Curran, 1941) Polybiomyia pedicellata (Williston, 1887) Polybiomyia plaumanni (Curran, 1941) Polybiomyia rufibasis (Bigot, 1884) Polybiomyia sayi (Shannon, 1925) Polybiomyia schnablei (Williston, 1892) Polybiomyia schwarzi (Shannon, 1925) Polybiomyia signifera (Loew, 1853) Polybiomyia townsendi (Snow, 1895) Polybiomyia travassosi (Lane & Carrera, 1943)
+ Genera of Cerioidini Genusfrontal prominenceabdominal segment 1 abdominal segment two constrictionabdominal segment 2 lengthparaface otherCerianaas long as scapesame size as segment 2not constrictedwider than longvery short paraface looping in third vein R4+5 with spur branch projecting into cell r4+5 Monoceromyia as long as scape wider than segment 2 strongly constricted longer than wide loop of vein R4+5 without Spur branchPolybiomyia absent or very short shorter than segment 2 strongly constrictedlonger than wide vein R4+5 not loopingPrimocerioidesshorter than scape not constrictedwider than longlong paraface and large anterior tentorial piteyes and face pilose, vein R4+5 straightSphiximorpha shorter than scapewider than 2slightly constricted anteriomediallylonger than wide long paraface and large or deep anterior tentorial pit.Facial tubercle weak to nearly absent. vein R4+5 not looping.
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