List of the flower flies 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

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
Genus Eriozona Schiner
Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken
Genus Lapposyrphus
Genus Leucozona Schiner
Genus Melangyna Verrall
Genus Meligramma Frey
Genus Meliscaeva Frey
Genus Ocyptamus Macquart

14 species [2]

Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura
Genus Pseudodoros Matsumura
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]

Tribe Callicerini

Genus Callicera

Tribe Cerioidini

Genus Ceriana

Includes Monoceromyia, Polybiomyia and Sphiximorpha

Tribe Eristalini

Genus Eristalinus
Genus Eristalis
Genus Helophilus

10 species [1]

Genus Lejops
Genus Mallota

11 species [1]

Genus Meromacrus
Genus Myathropa
Genus Palpada
Genus Parhelophilus

Tribe Sericomyini

Genus Sericomyia

11 species [1]

Genus Pyritis

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
Genus Milesia

3 species [1]

Genus Palumbia
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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