List of flower fly species of North America

Hoverfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae

There are more than 870 species[1] of flower fly (Syrphidae) in North America .[2] The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects.

Family Syrphidae

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Genus Baccha Fabricius
Genus Melanostoma Schiner
Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville

70 species [1]

Tribe Paragini

Genus Paragus Latreille

Tribe Pipizini

Genus Pipiza Fallén
Genus Heringia Róndani
Genus Trichopsomyia Williston
  • Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849
  • Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907)
  • Trichopsomyia litoralis Vockeroth, 1988
  • Trichopsomyia nigritarsis (Curran, 1924)
  • Trichopsomyia occidentalis (Townsend, 1897)
  • Trichopsomyia pubescens (Loew, 1863)
  • Trichopsomyia recedens (Walker, 1852)
  • Trichopsomyia rufithoracica (Curran, 1921)
  • Trichopsomyia similis (Curran, 1924)

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken

5 species [1]

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen

10 species [2]

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein

7 species [2]

Genus Didea Macquart

2 species [2]

Genus Doros Meigen
Genus Epistrophe Walker
Genus Epistrophella
  • Epistrophella emarginata
Genus Eriozona Schiner
  • Eriozona laxa
Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken
Genus Lapposyrphus
  • Lapposyrphus aberrantis
  • Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Genus Leucozona Schiner
Genus Melangyna Verrall
Genus Meligramma Frey
Genus Meliscaeva Frey
Genus Ocyptamus Macquart

14 species [2]

Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura
Genus Pseudodoros Matsumura
  • Pseudodoros clavatus
Genus Salpingogaster Schiner
Genus Scaeva
Genus Sphaerophoria

13 species [1]

Genus Syrphus

11 species [1]

Genus Xanthogramma

Tribe Toxomerini

Genus Toxomerus

17 species [1]

Subfamily Microdontinae

Genus Microdon

29 species [1]

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Brachyopini

Genus Brachyopa

14 species

Genus Chrysogaster
Genus Chrysosyrphus
Genus Myolepta

7 species

Genus Neoascia
Genus Orthonevra
Genus Sphegina

[3]

  • Sphegina appalachiensis Coovert, 1977
  • Sphegina biannulata Malloch, 1922
  • Sphegina brachygaster Hull, 1935
  • Sphegina campanulata Robertson, 1901
  • Sphegina flavimana Malloch, 1922
  • Sphegina flavomaculata Malloch, 1922
  • Sphegina keeniana Williston, 1887
  • Sphegina lobata Loew, 1863
  • Sphegina lobulifera Malloch, 1922
  • Sphegina petiolata Coquillett, 1910
  • Sphegina rufiventris Loew, 1863

Tribe Callicerini

Genus Callicera

Tribe Cerioidini

Genus Ceriana

Includes Monoceromyia, Polybiomyia and Sphiximorpha

  • Ceriana abbreviata Loew, 1864
  • Ceriana ancoralis (Coquillett, 1902)
  • Ceriana bellardii (Shannon, 1925)
  • Ceriana cylindrica (Curran, 1921)
  • Ceriana durani (Davidson, 1925)
  • Ceriana engelhardti (Shannon, 1925)
  • Ceriana floridensis (Shannon, 1922)
  • Ceriana loewii (Williston, 1887)
  • Ceriana macquarti Shannon, 1925
  • Ceriana mime (Hull, 1935)
  • Ceriana pedicellata (Williston, 1887)
  • Ceriana pictula (Loew, 1853)
  • Ceriana sayi (Shannon, 1925)
  • Ceriana schnablei (Williston, 1892)
  • Ceriana signifera (Loew, 1853)
  • Ceriana snowi (Adams, 1904)
  • Ceriana townsendi (Snow, 1895)
  • Ceriana tridens (Loew, 1872)
  • Ceriana willistoni (Kahl, 1897)

Tribe Eristalini

Genus Eristalinus
Genus Eristalis
Genus Helophilus

10 species [1]

Genus Lejops
Genus Mallota

11 species [1]

Genus Meromacrus
  • Meromacrus acutus (Fabricius, 1805)
  • Meromacrus croceatus Hull, 1960
  • Meromacrus draco Hull, 1942e
  • Meromacrus gloriosus Hull, 1941
  • Meromacrus minuticornis Thompson, 2001
Genus Myathropa
Genus Palpada
Genus Parhelophilus

Tribe Sericomyini

Genus Sericomyia

11 species [1]

Genus Pyritis
  • Pyritis kincaidii

Tribe Merodontini

Genus Eumerus
Genus Merodon
Genus Nausigaster

Tribe Milesini

Genus Blera
Genus Brachypalpus
Genus Chalcosyrphus
Genus Criorhina

14 species [1]

Genus Cynorhinella
Genus Hadromyia
Genus Merapoides
  • Merapoides villosus
Genus Milesia

3 species [1]

Genus Palumbia
  • Palumbia inflata (Macquart, 1834)
Genus Pocota
Genus Pterallastes
Genus Somula
Genus Sphecomyia

8 species [1]

Genus Spilomyia

11 species [1]

Genus Syritta
Genus Temnostoma

10 species [1]

Genus Teuchocnemis
Genus Tropidia

8 species [1]

Genus Xylota

29 species [1]

Tribe Rhingiini

Genus Rhingia

Tribe Volucellini

Genus Copestylum

39 species [1]

Genus Ornidia
Genus Volucella


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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (Kaufman Field Guides) – Eric R. Eaton; Kenn Kaufman
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456. ISBN 0-660-13830-1.
  3. ↑ Coovert, G. C.; Thompson F. C. (1977). "The Sphegina species of Eastern North America (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 90: 536–552.
  4. 1 2 Thompson, F. Christian (1997). "Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas south of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington D.C.: Entomological Society of Washington. 99: 209–237. ISSN 0013-8797. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
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