Psilota
# Psilota

Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a venia spuria in the wings. The larvae feed on tree sap.

## Systematics

Extant species:

* Psilota aegeae Vujic, Stahls & Smit, 2020
* Psilota aislinnae Young, 2020
* Psilota alexanderi Young, 2020
* Psilota anthracina Meigen, 1822
* Psilota atra (Fallén, 1817)
* Psilota auricauda Curran, 1926
* Psilota auripila Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota azurea Thompson & Young
* Psilota basalis (Walker, 1858)
* Psilota bicolor Young, 2020
* Psilota bifenestrata Meijere, 1933
* Psilota brevicornis Shiraki, 1968
* Psilota brunnipennis Young, 2020
* Psilota buccata (Macquart, 1842)
* Psilota calva Young, 2020
* Psilota coerulea Macquart, 1846
* Psilota cuprea (Macquart, 1850)
* Psilota darwini Young, 2020
* Psilota decessum (Hutton, 1901)
* Psilota dichoptica Thompson, 2013
* Psilota erythrogaster Curran, 1926
* Psilota exilistyla Smit & Vujić, 2008
* Psilota fasciata Curran, 1929
* Psilota femoralis Schiner, 1868
* Psilota flavidipennis Macquart, 1855
* Psilota flavoorta Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota fuscifrons Young, 2020
* Psilota hirta Klöcker, 1924
* Psilota innupta Rondani, 1857
* Psilota klymkoi Locke, Young & Skevington, 2019
* Psilota kroshka Mutin, 1999
* Psilota livida Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota longipila Thompson & Young
* Psilota mcqueeni Young, 2020
* Psilota metallica Thompson & Young
* Psilota nana Smit & Vujić, 2008
* Psilota nigripila Young, 2020
* Psilota nigripilosa Shiraki, 1968
* Psilota nitida (Macquart,1850)
* Psilota occidua Young, 2020
* Psilota pollinosa Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota purpurea Thompson & Young
* Psilota queenslandica (Klöcker,1924)
* Psilota rubra Klöcker,1924
* Psilota rubriventris (Bigot,1885)
* Psilota shannoni Goot,1964
* Psilota shewelli Thompson, 2012
* Psilota smaragdina Young, 2020
* Psilota solata Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota spathistylata Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota spinifemur Young, 2020
* Psilota tabidosa Scudder, 1890
* Psilota tectonae Meijere, 1933
* Psilota thatuna Shannon, 1922
* Psilota tristis Klöcker, 1924
* Psilota victoria Curran, 1925
* Psilota viridescens Young & Steenis, 2020
* Psilota viridis Macquart, 1847
* Psilota xanthostoma Young, 2020
* Psilota zophos Young, 2020
