Pocota

Pocota
Female P. personata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Pocota
Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
Type species
Milesia apicata
Meigen, 1822
Synonyms
  • Dasymyia Egger, 1858
  • Ploccata Jacobs, 1901
  • Plocota Bigot, 1883
  • Plocota Schiner, 1857
  • Pocata Woodworth, 1913
  • Pseudopocota Mutin & Barkalov, 1995

Pocota is a genus of hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.