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Syrphid guide?

I am trying to identify the syrphids I collected this past summer. My supervisor told me there was a key to syrphid species online somewhere but I just can not find anything helpful. If anyone has some ideas, I would gladly appreciate them.
Contributed by sGunder on 4 November, 2011 - 2:40pm

My flies are from Ontario, th
My flies are from Ontario, thanks for the link.
… sGunder, 21 November, 2011 - 2:17pm

 
I think
The Manual of Nearctic Diptera is still about the best you can do to get to genus.
… Steve Pelikan, 25 November, 2011 - 8:04pm

Have you checked this one?
Links to Species Pages for the Field Guide to the Syrphidae of Ontario
http://www.canacoll.org/Diptera/Staff/Skevington/Syrphidae/speciespages.htm
… Yurika Alexander, 4 November, 2011 - 6:16pm

which area should be covered by the key?
… v belov, 4 November, 2011 - 3:48pm

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