List of flower fly species of North America explained

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.^[3]

Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805^[4]

• Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)^[5]

Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

• Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828^[6]

70 species ^[1]

Genus Pipiza Fallén

• Pipiza crassipes (Bigot, 1884) ^[7]
• Pipiza cribbeni (Coovert, 1996)
• Pipiza davidsoni (Curran, 1921) ^[8]
• Pipiza distincta (Curran, 1921)
• Pipiza femoralis (Loew, 1866)
• Pipiza macrofemoralis (Curran, 1921)
• Pipiza nigripilosa (Williston, 1887)
• Pipiza puella (Williston, 1887)
• Pipiza quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1802)

Genus Heringia Rondani, 1856

• Heringia calcarata Loew, 1866
• Heringia latitarsis (Egger, 1865)

Genus Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888

• Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849^[9]
• Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907)
• Trichopsomyia banksi (Curran, 1921)
• 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)

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken

5 species ^[1]

• Allograpta exotica
• Allograpta obliqua
• Allograpta micrura
• Allograpta radiata

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen

13 species ^{[2] [10]}

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein

14 species ^{[2] [11]}

Genus Didea Macquart

2 species ^[2]

• Didea alneti
• Didea fuscipes

Genus Dioprosopa Hull, 1949

• Dioprosopa clavata

Genus Doros Meigen

• Doros aequalis

Genus Epistrophe Walker

• Epistrophe grossulariae
• Epistrophe metcalfi
• Epistrophe nitidicollis
• Epistrophe terminalis
• Epistrophe xanthostoma

Genus Epistrophella

• Epistrophella emarginata

Genus Eriozona Schiner

• Eriozona laxa

Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken

21 Species ^[12]

Genus Lapposyrphus

• Lapposyrphus aberrantis
• Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Genus Leucozona Schiner

• Leucozona americana
• Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leucozona velutina
• Leucozona xylotoides

Genus Melangyna Verrall

• Melangyna arctica
• Melangyna fisherii
• Melangyna labiatarum
• Melangyna lasiophthalma
• Melangyna subfasciata
• Melangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843)
• Melangyna umbellatarum

Genus Meligramma Frey

• Meligramma guttata
• Meligramma triangulifera
• Meligramma vespertina

Genus Meliscaeva Frey

• Meliscaeva cinctella

Genus Ocyptamus Macquart

14 species ^[2]

Genus Orphnabaccha Vockeroth, 1969

• Orphnabaccha coerulea (Williston, 1891)
• Orphnabaccha jactator (Loew, 1861)

Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura

• Parasyrphus currani (Fluke, 1935) ^[13]
• Parasyrphus genualis (Williston, 1887) ^[14]
• Parasyrphus groenlandicus (Nielsen, 1910)
• Parasyrphus insolitus (Osburn, 1908)
• Parasyrphus macularis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
• Parasyrphus melanderi (Curran, 1925) ^[15]
• Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
• Parasyrphus relictus (Zetterstedt)
• Parasyrphus semiinterruptus (Fluke, 1935)
• Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Parasyrphus vockerothi (Thompson, 2012) ^[16]

Genus Philhelius

• Philhelius flavipes

Genus Salpingogaster Schiner

• Salpingogaster punctifrons
• Salpingogaster nepenthe

Genus Scaeva

• Scaeva pyrastri
• Scaeva selenitica

Genus Sphaerophoria

13 species ^[1]

Genus Syrphus

11 species ^[1]

Genus Toxomerus

23 species ^[1]

Genus Aristosyrphus

• Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
• Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008^[17] – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Genus Carreramyia

• Carreramyia megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)

Genus Microdon

29 species ^{[18] [19]}

Genus Mixogaster

Key to North American species^[20]

• Mixogaster delongi (Hull, 1926) ^[20]
• Mixogaster johnsoni (Hull, 1941) ^[20]
• Mixogaster breviventris (Kahl, 1897) ^[21]
• Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)

Genus Omegasyrphus

• Omegasyrphus pallipennis (Curran, 1925)

Genus Peradon

• Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)

Genus Pseudomicrodon

• Pseudomicrodon claripennis (Hine, 1914)

Genus Rhopalosyrphus

• Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891)
• Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003,^[22]

Genus Ubristes

• Ubristes jaguarinus Reemer, 2013^[23]

Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822

17 species

Genus Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803

• Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849^[9]
• Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916

Genus Chrysosyrphus Sedman, 1965

• Chrysosyrphus alaskensis (Shannon, 1922)
• Chrysosyrphus frontosus (Bigot, 1884)
• Chrysosyrphus latus (Loew, 1863)
• Chrysosyrphus nasuta (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Chrysosyrphus nigripennis (Williston, 1882)

Genus Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834

• Hammerschmidtia sedmani (Vockeroth, Moran & Skevington, 2019)
• Hammerschmidtia ferruginea ([Fallen], 1817)

Genus Myolepta

8 species

• Myolepta auricaudata (Williston, 1891)
• Myolepta aurinota (Hine, 1903)
• Myolepta camillae Weems, 1956
• Myolepta cornellia ([Shannon ], 1923)
• Myolepta lunulata Bigot, 1884
• Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1972)
• Myolepta strigilata (Loew, 1872)
• Myolepta varipes (Loew, 1869)

Genus Neoascia

• Neoascia distincta Williston, 1887
• Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822)
• Neoascia globosa (Walker, 1849)^[9]
• Neoascia metallica (Williston, 1882)
• Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)
• Neoascia sphaerophoria Curran, 1925
• Neoascia subchalybea Curran, 1925
• Neoascia tenur (Harris, 1780) ^[24] The Black-kneed Fen Fly is a common species that was formerly considered to be only European now considered to be throughout North America and Canada.^[3]
• N. unifasciata (Strobl, 1898)^[25]
• Neoascia willistoni Thompson, 1986

Genus Sphegina

^[26]

Genus Callicera

• Callicera duncani Curran, 1935
• Callicera erratica (Walker, 1849)^[9]
• Callicera montensis Snow, 1892

Genus Monoceromyia

• Monoceromyia floridensis (Shannon, 1922)

Genus Sphiximorpha

• Sphiximorpha cylindrica (Curran, 1921)
• Sphiximorpha loewii (Williston, 1887)

Genus Eristalinus

• Eristalinus aeneus Scopoli, 1844
• Eristalinus taeniops Weidemann, 1818

Genus Helophilus

12 species ^[1]

Genus Mallota

11 species ^[1]

• Mallota albipes Snow, 1895
• Mallota bautias (Walker, 1849)^[9]
• Mallota bequaerti Hull, 1956
• Mallota posticata (Fabricius, 1805)
• Mallota sackeni Williston, 1882

Genus Meromacrus

• Meromacrus acutus (fabricus, 1805)
• Meromacrus croceatus Hull, 1960
• Meromacrus draco Hull, 1942e
• Meromacrus gloriosus Hull, 1941
• Meromacrus minuticornis Thompson, 2001
• Meromacrus panamensis Curran, 1930

Genus Myathropa

• Myathropa florea

Genus Sericomyia

14 species ^[1]

Genus Pyritis

• Pyritis kincaidii

Genus Eumerus

• Eumerus funeralis

Genus Merodon

• Merodon equestris - Narcissus bulb fly

Genus Nausigaster

• Nausigaster texana
• Nausigaster unimaculata

Genus Brachypalpus

• Brachypalpus alopex (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Brachypalpus cyanella Osten Sacken, 1877
• Brachypalpus oarus (Walker, 1849)^[9]

Genus Criorhina

14 species ^[8]

Genus Cynorhinella

• Cynorhinella longinasus
• Cynorhinella bella

=Subgenus Chrysosomidia Curran, 1934^[29]

=

• Hadromyia aepalius (Walker, 1849)^[9]
• Hadromyia aldrichi (Shannon, 1916)^[30]
• Hadromyia crawfordi (Shannon, 1916)^[30]
• Hadromyia opaca (Shannon, 1916)^[30]
• Hadromyia pulchra (Williston, 1882)

=Subgenus Hadromyia Williston, 1882

=

• Hadromyia grandis Williston, 1882

Genus Merapoides

• Merapoides villosus

Genus Milesia

3 species ^[31]

• Milesia bella (Townsend, 1897)
• Milesia scutellata (Hull, 1924)
• Milesia virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Genus Palumbia

• Palumbia inflata (Macquart, 1834)

Genus Pocota

• Pocota bomboides Hunter, 1897^[32]

Genus Pterallastes Loew, 1863^[33]

• Pterallastes thoracicus Loew, 1863^[33]

Genus Somula Macquart, 1847

• Somula decora Macquart, 1847
• Somula mississippiensis Hull, 1922

Genus Sphecomyia

14 species ^{[34] [35]}

Genus Spilomyia

10 species ^[36]

Genus Syritta

• Syritta pipiens
• Syritta flaviventris

Genus Temnostoma

10 species ^[1]

Genus Teuchocnemis

• Teuchocnemis bacuntius

Genus Tropidia

8 species ^[1]

Genus Xylota

29 species ^[1]

Genus Ferdinandea

• Ferdinandea aeneicolor Shannon, 1924
• Ferdinandea buccata (Loew, 1863)^[37]
• Ferdinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877)^[38]

Genus Rhingia

• Rhingia nasica

Genus Copestylum

82 species ^[1]

Genus Ornidia

• Ornidia obesa

Genus Volucella

• Volucella bombylans

References

External links

• Family Syrphidae - Hover Flies

Notes and References

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