Checklist for Family Syrphidae Latreille, 1802 (Drone flies)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 45
202
286 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies | 34
147
203 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
| 22
87
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Aschiza
Becher, 1882
| 3
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
| 2
13
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Syrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
11 Genera with 17 Species | Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1842 | Stripetails | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asarkina Macquart, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Betasyrphus Matsumura, 1964 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Enica Macquart, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eristalinus Rondani, 1830 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eristalis Latreille, 1758 | Rat-tailed maggots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumerus Meigen, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ischiodon Sack, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragus Latreille, 1817 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomicrodon Hull, 1937 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Syritta Le Peletier ..., 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
17 Species | Allograpta (Allograpta) fuscotibialis Macquart, 1842 | | | Asarkina eremophila Loew, 1858 | | | Asarkina rostrata Wiedemann, 1824 | | | Betasyrphus intersectus Wiedemann, 1824 | | | Betasyrphus saundersi Goot, 1964 | | | Enica longirostris Wiedemann, 1819 | | | Eristalinus (Eristalodes) taeniops Wiedemann, 1818 | Band-eyed drone fly | | Eristalinus nigricans Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Eristalis (Eoseristalis) tenax Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Drone Fly | | Eumerus obliquus Fabricius, 1805 | Onion bulb fly | | Eumerus triangularis Herve-Bazin, 1913 | | | Ischiodon aegyptius Wiedemann, 1830 | | | Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) minutus Hull, 1964 | | | Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) punctatus (Hull, 1949) | ⇒ Paragus punctulatus Zetterstedt, 1838 | | Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis Fallen, 1817 | | | Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842 | Mountain melonleaf | | Syritta vitripennis Bigot, 1885 | |
Subnodes of Syrphidae with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Syrphidae (Latreille 1802) |
Links, sources and further information Syrphidae at artfakta.se
Syrphidae at dyntaxa.se
Syrphidae at gbif.org
Syrphidae at irmng.org
Syrphidae at itis.gov
Syrphidae at marinespecies.org
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