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Checklist for Subfamily Syrphinae Latreille, 1802
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
112
1822
7450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
86
1229
4775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
65
950
3495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
5
159
887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
115
634
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly
101
564
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySyrphinae
Latreille, 1802
36
203
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
36 Genera with 203 Species
#ABCDEFILMOPSTX
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1805Stripetails2SpeciesTaxom
Baccha Fabricius, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Betasyrphus Matsumura, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotoxum Meigen, 194014SpeciesTaxom
Dasysyrphus Enderlein, 18229SpeciesTaxom
Didea Macquart, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Dideoides Brunetti, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Doros Meigen, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Epistrophe Walker, 199412SpeciesTaxom
Epistrophella Dušek & Láska, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Episyrphus Matsumura, 1776Hover Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Eriozona Schiner, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 183810SpeciesTaxom
Fagisyrphus Dušek & Láska, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Ischiodon Sack, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Ischyrosyrphus Bigot, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Lapposyrphus Dušek & Láska, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Leucozona Schiner, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Megasyrphus Dusek & Laska, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Melangyna Verrall, 1956Large hover fly13SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Meligramma Frey, 18434SpeciesTaxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Ocyptamus Macquart, 19415SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 18229SpeciesTaxom
Parasyrphus Matsumura, 18439SpeciesTaxom
Platycheirus Le Peletier ..., 199034SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodoros Matsumura, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Pyrophaena Schiner, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Scaeva Fabricius, 18224SpeciesTaxom
Simosyrphus Bigot, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerophoria Lepeletier &..., 1974Globetails15SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 182214SpeciesTaxom
Toxomerus Macquart, 1822Calligrapher Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Xanthandrus Verrall, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Xanthogramma Schiner, 19758SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
203 Species
Allograpta (Allograpta) exotica Wiedemann, 1830Syrphid fly
Allograpta (Allograpta) limbata Fabricius, 1805
Baccha elongata Fabricius, 1775Common Dainty
Baccha perexilis (Harris, 1776)⇒ Baccha elongata Fabricius, 1775
Baccha sphegina (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Baccha elongata Fabricius, 1775
Betasyrphus intersectus Wiedemann, 1824
Chrysotoxum arcuatum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum bicincta Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum cautum Harris, 1776
Chrysotoxum elegans Loew, 1841Zipperback
Chrysotoxum fasciatum (Muller, 1764)⇒ Chrysotoxum arcuatum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum fasciatus Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988
Chrysotoxum fasciolatum (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Chrysotoxum cautum Harris, 1776
Chrysotoxum festivum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum flavifrons Macquart, 1842Mountain melonleaf
Chrysotoxum intermedium (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Chrysotoxum elegans Loew, 1841
Chrysotoxum octomaculatum (Curtis, 1837)⇒ Chrysotoxum verralli Collin, 1940
Chrysotoxum vernale Loew, 1841
Chrysotoxum verralli Collin, 1940
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Fallen, 1817
Dasysyrphus bilineatus Matsumura, 1917
Dasysyrphus friuliensis Van Der Goot, 1960
Dasysyrphus hilaris (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Doros profuges Harris, 1780
Dasysyrphus lenensis Bagatshanova, 1980
Dasysyrphus pauxillus Williston, 1887Montane Conifer Fly
Dasysyrphus pinastri De Geer, 1776
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Fallen, 1817
Dasysyrphus venustus Meigen, 1822Transverse Conifer Fly
Didea (Didea) alneti Fallen, 1817
Didea (Didea) fasciata Macquart, 1834
Didea (Didea) intermedia Loew, 1854
Dideoides coquilletti Goot, 1964
Doros profuges Harris, 1780Phantom Hoverfly
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) diaphana Zetterstedt, 1843
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) eligans Harris, 1780
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) grossulariae Meigen, 1882Black-Horned Smoothtail
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) melanostoma Zetterstedt, 1843
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) nitidicollis Meigen, 1822
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) ochrostoma Zetterstedt, 1849
Epistrophe cryptica Doczkal & Sc..., 1994
Epistrophe euchromus Kowarz, 1885
Epistrophe flava Doczkal & Sc..., 1994
Epistrophe obscuripes Strobl, 1910
Epistrophe olgae Mutin, 1993
Epistrophe similis (Doczkal & Sc..., 1994)⇒ Epistrophe obscuripes Strobl, 1910
Epistrophella euchroma (Kowarz, 1885)⇒ Meligramma euchroma Kowarz, 1885
Epistrophella euchromus Kowarz, 1885
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) balteatus Geer, 1776Marmalade Fly
Eriozona (Eriozona) erratica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Megasyrphus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
Eriozona (Eriozona) syrphoides Fallen, 1817
Eriozona (Megasyrphus) erratica Linnaeus, 1758
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) bucculatus Rondani, 1857
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) corollae Fabricius, 1794Vagrant Hoverfly
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) latifasciatus Macquart, 1829Variable Aphideater
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) latilunulatus (Collin, 1931)⇒ Eupeodes bucculatus Rondani, 1857
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) lundbecki Soot Ryen, 1946
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) luniger Meigen, 1822
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) nielseni Dusek & Laska, 1976
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) nitens Zetterstedt, 1843
Eupeodes (Lapposyrphus) goeldlini Mazanek, Las..., 1999
Eupeodes (Lapposyrphus) lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Lapposyrphus lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Fagisyrphus cincta Fallén, 1817
Ischiodon aegyptius Wiedemann, 1830
Ischyrosyrphus glaucius Linnaeus, 1758
Ischyrosyrphus laternarius Müller, 1776
Lapposyrphus lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) glaucia Linnaeus, 1758
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) laternaria Muller, 1776
Leucozona (Leucozona) inopinata Doczkal, 2000
Leucozona (Leucozona) lucorum Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Megasyrphus annulipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Eriozona erratica Linnaeus, 1758
Megasyrphus erratica Linnaeus, 1758
Megasyrphus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
Melangyna (Melangyna) arctica Zetterstedt, 1838
Melangyna (Melangyna) barbifrons (Fallen, 1817)⇒ Melangyna quadrimaculata Verrall, 1873
Melangyna (Melangyna) ericarum Collin, 1946
Melangyna (Melangyna) labiatarum Verrall, 1901
Melangyna (Melangyna) lasiophthalma Zetterstedt, 1843
Melangyna (Melangyna) lucifera Nielsen, 1980
Melangyna (Melangyna) quadrimaculata Verrall, 1873
Melangyna (Melangyna) sexguttata Meigen, 1838
Melangyna (Melangyna) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1794
Melangyna (Meligramma) cincta (Fallen, 1817)⇒ Meligramma cincta Fallen, 1817
Melangyna (Meligramma) guttata (Fallen, 1817)⇒ Meligramma guttata Fallen, 1817
Melangyna (Meligramma) triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Meligramma triangulifera Zetterstedt, 1843
Melangyna pavlovskyi Violovitsh, 1956
Melanostoma annulipes Macquart, 1842
Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Melanostoma mellina Linnaeus, 1758Hover Fly
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Meligramma cincta Fallen, 1817
Meligramma euchroma Kowarz, 1885
Meligramma guttata Fallen, 1817
Meligramma triangulifera Zetterstedt, 1843
Meliscaeva auricollis Meigen, 1822
Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt, 1843American Thintail Fly
Ocyptamus (Ocyptamus) cylindricus Fabricius, 1781
Ocyptamus (Orphnabaccha) lautus Giglio-Tos, 1892
Ocyptamus fascipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Ocyptamus fuscipennis Say, 1823
Ocyptamus parvicornis Loew, 1861Elongated Hoverfly
Ocyptamus zenillia Curran, 1941Dubious Tiger Moth
Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis Fallen, 1817
Paragus (Paragus) albifrons Fallen, 1817
Paragus (Paragus) bicolor Fabricius, 1794
Paragus (Paragus) finitimus Goeldlin, 1971
Paragus (Paragus) majoranae (Rondani, 1857)⇒ Paragus pecchiolii Rondani, 1857
Paragus (Paragus) pecchiolii Rondani, 1857
Paragus (Paragus) punctulatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Paragus (Paragus) quadrifasciatus (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Spilomyia sayi Goot, 1964
Parasyrphus annulatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Parasyrphus genualis Williston, 1887
Parasyrphus lineola (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Parasyrphus lineolus Zetterstedt, 1843
Parasyrphus lineolus Zetterstedt, 1843
Parasyrphus macularis Zetterstedt, 1843Hover fly
Parasyrphus malinellus Collin, 1952
Parasyrphus nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1843
Parasyrphus punctulatus Verrall, 1873
Parasyrphus vittiger Zetterstedt, 1843
Platycheirus (Carposcalis) stegnus Say, 1829
Platycheirus (Pachysphyria) ambiguus Fallen, 1817
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) albimanus Fabricius, 1781Pale-footed Hoverfly
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) amplus Curran, 1927
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) angustatus Zetterstedt, 1843
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) clypeatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) discimanus Loew, 1871Juniper globemallow
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) europaeus Goeldlin, Ma..., 1990
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) fulviventris Macquart, 1829
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) hyperboreus Staeger, 1845
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) immarginatus Zetterstedt, 1849
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) manicatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus Say, 1824
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) occultus Goeldlin, Ma..., 1990
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) parmatus Rondani, 1857Aroma
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) peltatus Meigen, 1822Platycheirus nielseni
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) perpallidus Verrall, 1901
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) quadratus Say, 1823Meadow Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scambus Staeger, 1843
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scutatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) splendidus Rotheray, 1998
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) sticticus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) tarsalis Schummel, 1836
Platycheirus (Pyrophaena) granditarsus Forster, 1771
Platycheirus (Pyrophaena) rosarum Fabricius, 1787
Platycheirus ambiguum Fallén, 1817
Platycheirus chilosia Curran, 1922
Platycheirus ciliger (Loew, 1856)⇒ Platycheirus manicatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus confusus (Curran, 1925)⇒ Platycheirus granditarsus Forster, 1771
Platycheirus dexter Harris, 1780
Platycheirus granditarsis Forster, 1771
Platycheirus sabulicola Vockeroth, 1990
Platycheirus striatus Vockeroth, 1990
Pseudodoros clavatus Fabricius, 1794
Pyrophaena granditarsa (Forster, 1771)⇒ Platycheirus granditarsus Forster, 1771
Pyrophaena rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Platycheirus rosarum Fabricius, 1787
Scaeva dignota Rondani, 1857
Scaeva melanostoma (Macquart, 1842)⇒ Epistrophe melanostoma Zetterstedt, 1843
Scaeva pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva selenitica Meigen, 1822
Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842Common hover fly
Sphaerophoria batava Goeldlin, 1974
Sphaerophoria chongjini Bankowska, 1964
Sphaerophoria fatarum Goeldlin, 1989
Sphaerophoria interrupta Jones, 1917
Sphaerophoria loewi Zetterstedt, 1843
Sphaerophoria loewii Zetterstedt, 1843
Sphaerophoria menthastri (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Sphaerophoria interrupta Jones, 1917
Sphaerophoria philantha Meigen, 1822
Sphaerophoria philanthus Meigen, 1822
Sphaerophoria potentillae Claussen, 1984
Sphaerophoria rueppelli Wiedemann, 1830
Sphaerophoria rueppellii Weidemann, 1820
Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus, 1758Hover Fly
Sphaerophoria taeniata Meigen, 1822
Sphaerophoria virgata Goeldlin, 1974
Syrphus admirandus Goeldlin, 1996
Syrphus annulipes (Macquart, 1842)⇒ Melanostoma annulipes Macquart, 1842
Syrphus bilineatus (Matsumura, 1917)⇒ Dasysyrphus bilineatus Matsumura, 1917
Syrphus corollae (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842
Syrphus excisus Zetterstedt, 1849
Syrphus lautus (Coquillett, 1898)⇒ Ocyptamus lautus Giglio-Tos, 1892
Syrphus nitidifrons Becker, 1921
Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758Common Flower Fly
Syrphus sexmaculatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Syrphus thymastri (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Paragus albifrons Fallen, 1817
Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875Hairy-eyed flower fly
Syrphus tricinctus (Preyssler, 1793)⇒ Sericomyia silentis Harris, 1776
Syrphus venustus (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Doros profuges Harris, 1780
Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Toxomerus geminatus Say, 1823Eastern Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus Meigen, 1822Margined Calligrapher
Xanthandrus (Xanthandrus) comtus Harris, 1780
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum De Geer, 1776
Xanthogramma dives Rondani, 1857
Xanthogramma festiva Linnaeus, 1758
Xanthogramma festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Chrysotoxum festivum Linnaeus, 1758
Xanthogramma laetum Fabricius, 1794
Xanthogramma ornatus Meigen, 1822
Xanthogramma pedissequum Harris, 1776
Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975

Subnodes of Syrphinae with occurrences in Benelux
TribeBacchini
Bigot, 1883
5
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeParagini
Glumac, 1961
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSyrphini
Smith & Vockeroth, 1980
29
147
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeToxomerini
Enderlein, 1938
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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