Lejota

Lejota is a genus of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae. There are about nine described species in Lejota.[1][2][3][4]

Lejota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Genus:	Lejota Róndani, 1857

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Lejota:

• L. aerea (Loew, 1872) ^{i c g b}
• L. beckeri (Shannon, 1926) ^g
• L. cyanea (Smith, 1912) ^{i c g}
• L. femoralis (Shiraki, 1968) ^{c g}
• L. femorata Violovitsh, 1980 ^{c g}
• L. korsakovi (Stackelberg, 1952) ^{c g}
• L. ruficornis (Wahlberg, 1843) ^{c g}
• L. simplex (Shiraki, 1968) ^{c g}
• L. villosa Violovitsh, 1982 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Lejota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
2. "Browse Lejota". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "Lejota". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Lejota Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

• Shorter, D. A.; Drew, W. A. (1976). "Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. 56: 75–94.
• Miranda, G. F. G; Young, A. D.; Locke, M. M.; Marshall, S. A.; et al. (2013). "Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23: 1–351. doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.23.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.