Syrphus
| Syrphus | |
|---|---|
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| Syrphus ribesii male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Syrphus Fabricius, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Musca ribesii Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Image by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy - Life history of Syrphus
Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies.[1] It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter. (as well as hairs on the rear margin of the calypter as in most Syrphini)[1]
Species
- Syrphus annulifemur Mutin, 1997
- Syrphus attenuatus Hine, 1922
- Syrphus currani Fluke, 1939
- Syrphus dimidiatus Macquart, 1834
- Syrphus doesburgi Goot, 1964
- Syrphus intricatus Vockeroth, 1983
- Syrphus knabi Shannon, 1916
- Syrphus laceyorum Thompson, 2000
- Syrphus monoculus (Swederus, 1787)
- Syrphus nitidifrons (Becker, 1921)
- Syrphus opinator Osten Sacken, 1877
- Syrphus octomaculatus Walker, 1837[2]
- S. phaeostigma Wiedemann, 1830[3]
- Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875
- Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus, 1758
- Syrphus sexmaculatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Syrphus sonorensis Vockeroth, 1983
- Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875
- Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822
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References
- 1 2 Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-4-0.
- ↑ Wakeham-Dawson, A.; Jones, A.G.; Thompson, F.C. (2009). "Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera)". Dipterists Digest. Second series (UK: Dipterists Forum) 16 (1): 65–71. ISSN 0953-7260.
- ↑ Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F.C. (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica (Studia dipterologica) 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.
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