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Checklist for Subfamily Syrphinae Latreille, 1802
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
102
1521
7930
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
76
1043
4219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
58
769
2771
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
129
608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
103
534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly
87
448
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySyrphinae
Latreille, 1802
33
177
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
33 Genera with 177 Species
#ABCDEILMPRSTX
Agnisyrphus Ghorpade, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Allobaccha Curran, 18938SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1824Stripetails5SpeciesTaxom
Asarkina Macquart, 178710SpeciesTaxom
Baccha Fabricius, 18224SpeciesTaxom
Betasyrphus Matsumura, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotoxum Meigen, 192311SpeciesTaxom
Citrogramma Vockeroth, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Dasysyrphus Enderlein, 18229SpeciesTaxom
Didea Macquart, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Dideoides Brunetti, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Dideopsis Matsumura, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Epistrophe Walker, 18877SpeciesTaxom
Episyrphus Matsumura, 1893Hover Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Eriozona Schiner, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Eupeodes Osten Sacken, 19347SpeciesTaxom
Ischiodon Sack, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Leucozona Schiner, 19946SpeciesTaxom
Melangyna Verrall, 1794Large hover fly4SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 19689SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 195412SpeciesTaxom
Parasyrphus Matsumura, 18436SpeciesTaxom
Platycheirus Le Peletier ..., 195514SpeciesTaxom
Rhinobaccha Meijere, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Scaeva Fabricius, 18225SpeciesTaxom
Simosyrphus Bigot, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerophoria Lepeletier &..., 1915Globetails14SpeciesTaxom
Syrphus Fabricius, 18229SpeciesTaxom
Toxomerus Macquart, 1855
Calligrapher Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Tuberculanostoma Fluke, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Xanthandrus Verrall, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Xanthogramma Schiner, 17761SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
177 Species
Agnisyrphus angara Ghorpade, 1994
Agnisyrphus gressitti Ghorpade, 1994
Allobaccha (Allobaccha) sapphirina Wiedemann, 1830
Allobaccha amphithoe Walker, 1849
Allobaccha binghami Ghorpade, 1994
Allobaccha elegans Brunetti, 1915
Allobaccha fallax Austen, 1893
Allobaccha oldroydi Ghorpade, 1994
Allobaccha plumbicincta Brunetti, 1915
Allobaccha triangulifera Austen, 1893
Allograpta (Allograpta) dravida Ghorpade, 1994
Allograpta (Allograpta) javana (Wiedemann, 1824)⇒ Allograpta iavana Wiedemann, 1824
Allograpta (Allograpta) obliqua Say, 1823Common Oblique Syrphid
Allograpta (Allograpta) obscuricornis Meijere, 1914
Allograpta iavana Wiedemann, 1824
Asarkina (Asarkina) consequens Walker, 1857
Asarkina (Asarkina) ericetorum Fabricius, 1781
Asarkina (Asarkina) porcina Coquillett, 1898
Asarkina assimilis Macquart, 1846
Asarkina ayyari Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina belli Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina bhima Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina hema Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina pitamara Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina salviae Fabricius, 1787
Baccha (Baccha) maculata Walker, 1852
Baccha bistriatus Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988
Baccha elongata Fabricius, 1775Common Dainty
Baccha sphegina (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Baccha elongata Fabricius, 1775
Betasyrphus aeneifrons Brunetti, 1913
Betasyrphus bazini Brunetti, 1925
Betasyrphus fletcheri Ghorpade, 1994
Betasyrphus isaaci Bhatia, 1933
Betasyrphus linga Ghorpade, 1994
Chrysotoxum antiquum Walker, 1852
Chrysotoxum arcuatum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum baphyrus Walker, 1849
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysotoxum convexum Brunetti, 1915
Chrysotoxum corbetti Ghorpade, 1994
Chrysotoxum fasciatus Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988
Chrysotoxum fasciolatum (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Chrysotoxum cautum Harris, 1776
Chrysotoxum ladakense Shannon, 1926
Chrysotoxum quadrifasciatum Brunetti, 1923
Chrysotoxum violaceum Brunetti, 1923
Citrogramma chola Ghorpade, 1994
Citrogramma citrinum Brunetti, 1923
Citrogramma flavigena Wyatt, 1991
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Fallen, 1817
Dasysyrphus darada Ghorpade, 1994
Dasysyrphus friuliensis Van Der Goot, 1960
Dasysyrphus orsua Walker, 1852
Dasysyrphus pandu Ghorpade, 1994
Dasysyrphus pinastri De Geer, 1776
Dasysyrphus rossi Ghorpade, 1994
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
Didea poorva Ghorpade, 1994
Didea vockerothi Ghorpade, 1994
Dideoides ovatus Brunetti, 1908
Dideoides tigerinus Bigot, 1885
Dideopsis aegrota Fabricius, 1805
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) grossulariae Meigen, 1882Black-Horned Smoothtail
Epistrophe (Epistrophe) nitidicollis Meigen, 1822
Epistrophe aequalis Walker, 1852
Epistrophe carmichaeli Ghorpade, 1994
Epistrophe euchromus Kowarz, 1885
Epistrophe griseocinctus Brunetti, 1923
Epistrophe xanthostoma Williston, 1887Emarginate Smoothtail
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) alternans Macquart, 1842
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) balteatus Geer, 1776Marmalade Fly
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) viridaureus Wiedemann, 1824
Episyrphus nubilipennis Austen, 1893
Eriozona (Eriozona) erratica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Megasyrphus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
Eriozona analis Kertesz, 1901
Eriozona himalayensis (Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988)⇒ Cheilosia himalayensis Brunetti, 1915
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) corollae Fabricius, 1794Vagrant Hoverfly
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) latifasciatus Macquart, 1829Variable Aphideater
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) lundbecki Soot Ryen, 1946
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) luniger Meigen, 1822
Eupeodes (Eupeodes) nielseni Dusek & Laska, 1976
Eupeodes (Lapposyrphus) lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Lapposyrphus lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1838
Eupeodes (Lapposyrphus) punctifer Frey, 1934
Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) glaucia Linnaeus, 1758
Leucozona (Ischyrosyrphus) laternaria Muller, 1776
Leucozona (Leucozona) lucorum Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Leucozona brunetti Ghorpade, 1994
Leucozona sivae Bigot, 1882
Leucozona virendra Ghorpade, 1994
Melangyna (Melangyna) arctica Zetterstedt, 1838
Melangyna (Melangyna) coei Nielsen, 1971Cream stonecrop
Melangyna (Melangyna) lasiophthalma Zetterstedt, 1843
Melangyna (Melangyna) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1794
Melanostoma apicale Bigot, 1884
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Melanostoma univittatum (Wiedemann, 1824)⇒ Melanostoma apicale Bigot, 1884
Meliscaeva ceylonica Keiser, 1958
Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt, 1843American Thintail Fly
Meliscaeva cinctelloides Ghorpade, 1994
Meliscaeva darjeelingensis Datta & Chak..., 1986
Meliscaeva kusuma Ghorpade, 1994
Meliscaeva lefroyi Ghorpade, 1994
Meliscaeva magnifica Ghorpade, 1994
Meliscaeva mathisi Ghorpade, 1994
Meliscaeva tribeni Nayar, 1968
Paragus (Afroparagus) borbonicus Macquart, 1842
Paragus (Pandasyophthalmus) haemorrhous Meigen, 1822
Paragus (Pandasyophthalmus) tibialis Fallen, 1817
Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) tibialis Fallen, 1817
Paragus (Paragus) punctulatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Paragus ambalaensis Sodhi & Singh, 1991
Paragus annandalei Ghorpade, 1992
Paragus auritus Stuckenberg, 1954
Paragus femoratus (Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988)⇒ Paragus haemorrhous Meigen, 1822
Paragus rufocincta Brunetti, 1908
Paragus serratus Fabricius, 1805
Paragus yerburiensis Stuckenberg, 1954
Parasyrphus annulatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Parasyrphus kashmiricus Ghorpade, 1994
Parasyrphus lineola (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Parasyrphus lineolus Zetterstedt, 1843
Parasyrphus tarsatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Parasyrphus thompsoni Ghorpade, 1994
Parasyrphus vittiger Zetterstedt, 1843
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) groenlandicus Curran, 1927
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) kittilaensis Dusek & Laska, 1982
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) manicatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus Say, 1824
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) occultus Goeldlin, Ma..., 1990
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) peltatus Meigen, 1822Platycheirus nielseni
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scambus Staeger, 1843
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scutatus Meigen, 1822
Platycheirus cryophilus Nielsen, 2007
Platycheirus granditarsis Forster, 1771
Platycheirus himalayensis Brunetti, 1915
Platycheirus kashmiricus Nielsen, 2004
Platycheirus naso Walker, 1849
Platycheirus peteri Doesburg, 1955
Rhinobaccha krishna Ghorpade, 1994
Rhinobaccha peterseni Ghorpade, 1994
Scaeva albomaculata Macquart, 1842
Scaeva latimaculata Brunetti, 1923
Scaeva opimius Walker, 1852
Scaeva pyrastri Linnaeus, 1758
Scaeva selenitica Meigen, 1822
Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842Common hover fly
Sphaerophoria assamensis Joseph, 1970
Sphaerophoria batava Goeldlin, 1974
Sphaerophoria bengalensis Macqaurt, 1842
Sphaerophoria boreoalpina Goeldlin, 1989
Sphaerophoria indiana Bigot, 1884
Sphaerophoria knutsoni Ghorpade, 1994
Sphaerophoria ladaskhensis Ghorpade, 1994
Sphaerophoria laurae Goeldlin, 1989
Sphaerophoria macrogaster Thomson, 1869
Sphaerophoria philanthus Meigen, 1822
Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus, 1758Hover Fly
Sphaerophoria taeniata Meigen, 1822
Sphaerophoria virgata Goeldlin, 1974
Sphaerophoria viridaenea Brunnetti, 1915
Syrphus admirandus Goeldlin, 1996
Syrphus attenuatus Hine, 1922Mexican prickly poppy
Syrphus dalhousiae Ghorpade, 1994
Syrphus fulvifacies Brunetti, 1913
Syrphus howletti Ghorpade, 1994
Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758Common Flower Fly
Syrphus sexmaculatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875Hairy-eyed flower fly
Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822Western bog yellowcress
Tuberculanostoma solitarium Doesburg, 1955
Xanthandrus garhwalensis Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988
Xanthandrus indicus Curran, 1933
Xanthogramma pedissequum Harris, 1776

Subnodes of Syrphinae with occurrences in India
TribeBacchini
Bigot, 1883
5
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeParagini
Glumac, 1961
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSyrphini
Smith & Vockeroth, 1980
26
140
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeToxomerini
Enderlein, 1938
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



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