# Palpada

Palpada is a genus of 85 neotropical and nearctic flower flies or hoverflies. This genus is often colorful and bee-like. It is in the tribe Eristaliini containing dozens of genera. Common sister genera include Eristalis (99 species), Meromacrus (43 sp.), Eristalinus (100 sp.) and Helophilus (50 sp.). The genus Palpada is distinguished by:
* Eyes with uniform pile.
* Meron with fine pale hairs in front of or below spiracle.
* Hind femur with basal patch of dense black setulae.
* Cell r$_{2+3}$ closed before wing margin.
* R$_{4+5}$ moderately to strongly dipped into cell r$_{4+5}$.
The larvae are aquatic and have a distinctive shape, usually being referred to as rat-tailed. The rat-tail is a breathng tube that allows the larvae to live in low oxygen water.

## Species

* P. aemula (Williston, 1891)
* P. agrorum (Fabricius, 1787)
* P. aemula (Williston, 1891)
* P. albifrons (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. albiventris (Bigot, 1880)
* P. alhambra (Hull, 1925)
* P. amazon (Curran, 1930)
* P. atrimana (Loew, 1866)
* P. bequaerti (Hull, 1942)
* P. bistellata (Hull, 1935)
* P. braziliensis (Goot, 1964)
* P. caliginosa (Walker, 1849)
* P. chilena (Rondani, 1863)
* P. claripennis (Hull, 1949)
* P. clarissima (Giglio-tos, 1892)
* P. claudia (Curran, 1930)
* P. conica (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. cora (Hull, 1949)
* P. cordiformis (Morales, 2009)
* P. cosmia (Schiner, 1868)
* P. cyanea (Thunberg, 1819)
* P. diminuta (Walker, 1849)
* P. distinguenda (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. doris (Curran, 1930)
* P. elegans (Blanchard, 1854)
* P. erratica (Curran, 1930)
* P. expicta (Walker, 1860)
* P. familiaris (Walker, 1860)
* P. fasciata (Wiedemann, 1819)
* P. fasciculata (Curran, 1938)
* P. flavipennis (Macquart, 1842)
* P. flavoscutellata (Hull, 1937)
* P. florea (Hull, 1925)
* P. fuliginosa (Hull, 1935)
* P. funerea (Rondani, 1850)
* P. furcata (Wiedemann, 1819)
* P. fuscipennis (Macquart, 1846)
* P. gagathina (Bigot, 1887)
* P. geniculata (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. hortorum (Fabricius, 1775)
* P. incubus (Hull, 1943)
* P. intermedia
* P. interrupta (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. inversa (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. langi (Curran, 1934)
* P. lindneri (Thompson, 1999)
* P. macula (Sack, 1941)
* P. megafemur (Thompson, 1999 )
* P. meigenii (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. melanaspis (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. mexicana (Macquart, 1847)
* P. minutalis (Williston, 1891)
* P. mirabilis (Hull, 1925)
* P. mitis
* P. monticola (Röder, 1886)
* P. nigripes (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. obsoleta Wiedemann, 1830
* P. ochracea (Williston, 1888)
* P. panorama (Reemer & Morales, 2016)
* P. parvula (Williston, 1888)
* P. precipua (Williston, 1888)
* P. precipuus
* P. prietorum (Mengual, 2008)
* P. pusilla (Macquart, 1842)
* P. pusio (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. pusioides (Hull, 1951)
* P. pygolampa (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. ruficeps (Macquart, 1842)
* P. rufipedes (Thompson, 1976)
* P. rufiventris (Macquart, 1846)
* P. rufoscutellata (Sack, 1921)
* P. schistacea (Williston, 1888)
* P. scopanthus (Hull, 1944)
* P. scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)
* P. semicirculus (Walker, 1852)
* P. signata (Lagrange, 1987)
* P. solennis (Walker, 1852)
* P. spectabilis (Hull, 1925)
* P. suprarufa (Thompson, 1999)
* P. taenia (Wiedemann, 1830)
* P. tatei (Curran, 1930)
* P. texana (Hull, 1925)
* P. thalia (Hull, 1942)
* P. triangularis (Giglio-tos, 1892)
* P. urotaenia (Curran, 1930)
* P. vera (Hull, 1949)
* P. vierecki (Curran, 1930)
* P. vinetorum (Fabricius 1799)
* P. xanthosceles (Thompson, 1981)