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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini

Tribe Syrphini

Representative Images

Flower Fly - Sphaerophoria contigua Syrphidae sps - Toxomerus politus syrphid - Syrphus opinator - male Toxomerus geminatus? - Toxomerus marginatus - female Toxomerus? - Toxomerus marginatus - female Type of Globetail? - Sphaerophoria contigua Chrysotoxum flavifrons? - Chrysotoxum flies - Paragus - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Syrphini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

taxonomy in flux, limits of genera not settled
old but still valuable revision in(1)
recent changes in genera arrangement in (2)

Numbers

the most speciose syrphid tribe in our fauna, with >140 spp. in ~30 genera in our area(3) and ~40 genera recognized worldwide(1)

Identification

Moderate size hoverflies, typically with wasp-like markings

Range

worldwide

Food

Larvae predatory, often on aphids

Life Cycle

1. larva, early stage. 2. larva late stage. 3. puparium. 4. adult male and puparium. 5. adult female

Works Cited

1.A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Vockeroth J.R. 1969. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 62: 1-176.
2.New generic concepts for orphaned lineages formerly treated as part of the genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae)
Gonçalves Miranda G.P., Skevington J.H., Marshall S. 2020. Zootaxa 4822(2): 151-174.
3.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. CJAI 23: 1‒351.
Contributed by Richard Leung on 10 March, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 July, 2021 - 1:45pm

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