Helophilus Explained

Helophilus are a diverse genus of moderate to large hoverflies, that appear somewhat bee-like. Larvae filter-feed in organic rich water. All Helophilus adults have a distinctive lengthwise striped thorax and a transverse striped abdomen.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Subgenus: Helophilus

• H. affinis Wahlberg, 1844
• H. bilinearis Williston, 1887
• H. borealis Stæger, 1845^[3]
• H. bottnicus Wahlberg, 1844
• H. celeber Osten Sacken, 1882
• H. consimilis Malm, 1863
• H. continuus Loew, 1854
• H. contractus (Claussen & Pedersen, 1980)
• H. distinctus Williston, 1887
• H. fasciatus Walker, 1849
• H. frutetorum (Fabricius, 1775)
• H. groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1780)
• H. hybridus Loew, 1846
• H. insignis Violovitsh, 1979^[3]
• H. intentus Curran and Fluke, 1922
• H. interpunctus (Harris, 1776)
• H. kurentzovi (Violovitsh, 1960)
• H. lapponicus Wahlberg, 1844
• H. latifrons Loew, 1863
• H. lineatus (Fabricius, 1787)
• H. lunulatus Meigen, 1822
• H. neoaffinis Fluke, 1949
• H. obscurus Loew, 1863
• H. oxycanus (Walker, 1852)
• H. parallelus (Harris, 1776)
• H. pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• H. perfidiosus (Hunter, 1897)
• H. pilosus Hunter, 1897
• H. relictus (Curran & Fluke, 1926)
• H. sapporensis Matsumura, 1911
• H. sibiricus Smirnov, 1923
• H. stipatus Walker, 1849
• H. transfugus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• H. trivittatus (Fabricius, 1805)
• H. turanicus Smirnov, 1923^[3]
• H. versicolor (Fabricius, 1794)
• H. virgatus Coquillett, 1898

Subgenus: Pilinasica^{[4] [5]}

• H. antipodus Schiner, 1868
• H. campbelli (Miller, 1921)
• H. campbellicus Hutton, 1902
• H. cargilli Miller, 1911
• H. chathamensis Hutton, 1901
• H. cingulatus Fabricius, 1775
• H. hectori Miller, 1924
• H. hochstetteri Nowicki, 1875
• H. ineptus Walker, 1849
• H. montanus (Miller, 1921)
• H. seelandicus Gmelin, 1790
• H. taruensis Miller, 1924

Notes and References

1. Book: Coe, R.L.. 1953 . Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. 98pp . Royal Entomological Society of London.
2. Book: Stubbs . Alan E. . Falk . Steven J.. 2002 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. 469 . 2nd revised . 978-1899935055 . British Entomological and Natural History Society.
3. Web site: A.V . Barkalov . Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum . the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences . Novosibirsk, Russia . 28 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020082104/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Diptera/Syrphidae.htm . October 20, 2008.
4. Wikispecies: Helophilus (Pilinasica) page - http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Helophilus_(Pilinasica)
5. Thompson, F.C. 2008: A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa, 1716: 1-20. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01716p020.pdf