Axona (fly)

Axona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Eristalina
Genus:	Axona; Walker, 1864
Type species
	Axona chalcopyga; Walker, 1864

Axona is a genus of drone flies in the family Syrphidae. There are at least two described species in Axona, found in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Species

These two species belong to the genus Axona:

Axona chalcopyga (Wiedemann, 1830)
Axona kershawi (Ferguson, 1926)

References

↑ "GBIF, Axona". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
↑ "Catalogue of Life, Axona Walker, 1864". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
↑ Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.

External links

Citizen science observations for Axona at iNaturalist

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[gbif-1] "GBIF, Axona". Retrieved 2024-10-02.

[catlife-2] "Catalogue of Life, Axona Walker, 1864". Retrieved 2024-10-02.

[Thompson2003-3] Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1.