• The family Syrphidae consists of more than 6000 living species of hoverfly. The internal taxonomy of the family and the number of genera varies greatly...
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    Hoverfly (redirect from Syrphidae)
    up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly...
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    is a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera, but the true...
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    Milesia crabroniformis (category Diptera of Europe)
    Milesia crabroniformis is a species of flower flies or hoverflies belonging to the family Syrphidae subfamily Eristalinae. This species is mainly present...
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    Eristalinus (category Hoverfly genera)
    Thompson (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa...
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    Hadromyia (category Hoverfly genera)
    the genera of nearctic Syrphidae" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23: 1–351. doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.23. Walker, F. (1849). List of the...
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  • Paratropidia (category Diptera of Australasia)
    Paratropidia is a subgenus of hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Orthoprosopa alex (Thompson, 1972) Orthoprosopa bilineata (Walker...
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    Xylota florum (category Diptera of Europe)
    H. (1968) Classification of the palaearctic species of the genera Xylota Meigen and Xylotomima Shannon (Dipt., Syrphidae). Ann.Ent.Fenn., 34: 179-197...
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  • Total of 245 species either found or highly expected to be found in New York. This tribe contains 8 genera and 31 or likely more species found in New York...
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  • The fly family Dolichopodidae contains approximately 250 genera. These include: Achalcus Loew, 1857 Apterachalcus Bickel, 1992 Australachalcus Pollet,...
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    number of genera (e.g. Masarygus, Paragodon, Schizoceratomyia and Surimyia) lack the "spurious vein" which is characteristic of all other Syrphidae. For...
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  • Citrogramma (category Syrphidae stubs)
    Vockeroth, J.R. (1969). "A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 62: 5–176. doi:10.4039/entm10162fv...
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    Cynorhinella (category Hoverfly genera)
    R.C. (1922). "A reclassification of the subfamilies and genera of the North American Syrphidae [cont.]". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society...
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    Milesiini (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
    de Syrphidae Chileno (Diptera)". Publicaciones del Centro de Estudios Entomologicos. 8: 1–22. Williston, S.W. (1882). "New or little known genera of North...
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    Tipulidae (section Genera)
    Tipulidae is a family of large crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread...
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  • Callicerini, or Calliceratini, is a tribe of hoverflies. Callicera Panzer, 1809 Notiocheilosia Thompson, 1972 v t e...
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    Paragus (category Hoverfly genera)
    Kevin M.; et al. (2022). "Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon-capture sequencing". Systematic Entomology...
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    Ornidia (category Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species)
    Crsitin (2009). "A review of the flower fly genus Ornidia Lepeletier & Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new species from Brazil"...
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    Parasyrphus vittiger (category Syrphidae stubs)
    vittiger is a species of hoverfly, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6·25-...
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    and white, and often strikingly resemble wasps, bees, or flies of the family Syrphidae, themselves notable bee mimics. A conopid is most frequently found...
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  • 870 species of flower fly (Syrphidae) in North America . The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects. Baccha...
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  • Lejota (category Hoverfly genera)
    Lejota is a genus of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae. L. aerea (Loew, 1872) L. cyanea (Smith, 1912) L. femoralis (Shiraki, 1968) L. femorata Violovitsh...
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    Allograpta (category Hoverfly genera)
    "Molecular phylogeny of Allograpta (Diptera, Syrphidae) reveals diversity of lineages and non-monophyly of phytophagous taxa". Molecular Phylogenetics...
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    Melangyna umbellatarum (category Syrphidae stubs)
    "A generic revision of the genus Syrphus and allied genera (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Palearctic region, with descriptions of the male genitalia". Acta...
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  • Simoides (category Hoverfly genera)
    Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa...
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    Criorhina (category Hoverfly genera)
    genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Hull, F.M. (1944). "Some flies of the family Syrphidae in...
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  • Leucopodella (category Syrphidae stubs)
    genus of hoverflies. L. bigoti (Austen, 1893) L. gracilis Fluke, 1945 L. guianica Reemer, 2010 Reemer, M. (2010). "A second survey of Surinam Syrphidae...
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    Platycheirus (category Hoverfly genera)
    with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Syrphidae). Acta Ent. Bohemoslov. Nielsen, T.R. 1999. Check-list and distribution maps of Norwegian hoverflies...
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    Caliprobola (category Hoverfly genera)
    Caliprobola is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. C. aurea Sack, 1910 C. speciosa (Rossi, 1790) Rondani, Camillo (1845)...
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    Milesia (fly) (category Hoverfly genera)
    "The Syrphidae of the Malay Peninsula". Journal of the Federal Malay States Museums. 14: 141–324. Matsumura, Shonen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan...
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