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Checklist for Tribe Syrphini Smith & Vockeroth, 1980
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
66
617
1451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
50
449
1039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
4
57
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
45
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly
39
85
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySyrphinae
Latreille, 1802
18
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeSyrphini
Smith & Vockeroth, 1980
15
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
15 Genera with 25 Species
Allobaccha Curran, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Asarkina Macquart, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Betasyrphus Matsumura, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotoxum Meigen, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Citrogramma Vockeroth, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Dasysyrphus Enderlein, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Dideopsis Matsumura, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Eosphaerophoria Frey, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Episyrphus Matsumura, 1893Hover Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Ischiodon Sack, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Meliscaeva Frey, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Rhinobaccha Meijere, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Simosyrphus Bigot, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerophoria Lepeletier &..., 1869Globetails2SpeciesTaxom
Xanthogramma Schiner, 19751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
25 Species
Allobaccha (Allobaccha) pulchrifrons Austen, 1893
Allobaccha amphithoe Walker, 1849
Allobaccha fallax Austen, 1893
Allobaccha oldroydi Ghorpade, 1994
Allobaccha triangulifera Austen, 1893
Asarkina (Asarkina) porcina Coquillett, 1898
Asarkina ayyari Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina belli Ghorpade, 1994
Asarkina pitamara Ghorpade, 1994
Betasyrphus fletcheri Ghorpade, 1994
Chrysotoxum baphyrus Walker, 1849
Citrogramma henryi Ghorpade, 1994
Dasysyrphus orsua Walker, 1852
Dideopsis aegrota Fabricius, 1805
Eosphaerophoria dentiscutellata Keiser, 1958
Episyrphus (Episyrphus) viridaureus Wiedemann, 1824
Episyrphus nubilipennis Austen, 1893
Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842
Meliscaeva ceylonica Keiser, 1958
Meliscaeva monticola Meijere, 1914
Rhinobaccha gracilis Meijere, 1908
Simosyrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842Common hover fly
Sphaerophoria indiana Bigot, 1884
Sphaerophoria macrogaster Thomson, 1869
Xanthogramma eoa Violovitsh, 1975


Links, sources and further information
Syrphini at artfakta.se
Syrphini at dyntaxa.se
Syrphini at itis.gov