List of hoverfly species of Great Britain

The following is a list of hoverfly (Syrphidae) species recorded in Great Britain.

Male Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly with thin abdomen

Volucella inanis is one of the larger species of hoverfly found in Britain.

Alan Stubbs and Steven Falk, in their 1983 work British Hoverflies,[1] divided the family into subfamilies and tribes. These subdivisions are now believed to be, to some extent, artificial groupings, not reflecting the evolutionary relationships within the family, so in need of revision. As no replacement system is yet in place, though, these groupings are retained in this list.

The six unnamed species listed in Stubbs and Falk (1983)[1] are not included below.

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini[Note 1]

Baccha

Baccha elongata [2] (syn. B. obscuripennis)

Melanostoma

Platycheirus: Subgenus Pachysphyria

Platycheirus ambiguus[2]

Subgenus Platycheirus

Subgenus Pyrophaena

Xanthandrus

Xanthandrus comtus [2]

Tribe Paragini

Paragus: Subgenus Pandasyopthalmus

Subgenus Paragus

Paragus albifrons [2]

Tribe Syrphini[Note 2]

Chrysotoxum

Dasysyrphus

Didea

Doros

Doros profuges [2][Note 4]

Epistrophe: Subgenus Epistrophe

Episyrphus

Episyrphus balteatus [2]

Eriozona: Subgenus Eriozona

Eriozona syrphoides [2]

Megasyrphus

Megasyrphus erraticus [2][12] (syn. Megasyrphus annulipes)

Eupeodes[Note 5]: Subgenus Eupeodes

Eupeodes corollae [2]
Eupeodes latifasciatus [2]
Eupeodes latilunulatus [2] (bucculatus)
Eupeodes lundbecki [2]
Eupeodes luniger [2]
Eupeodes nielseni [2]
Eupeodes nitens [2]

Subgenus Lapposyrphus

Eupeodes lapponicus [2]

Leucozona: Subgenus Ischyrosyrphus

Leucozona glaucia [2]
Leucozona laternaria [2]

Subgenus Leucozona

Leucozona lucorum [2]

Melangyna

Meligramma

Meliscaeva

Parasyrphus

Scaeva

Sphaerophoria

Sphaerophoria bankowskae [2][9][15][16]
Sphaerophoria batava [2][17]
Sphaerophoria fatarum [2][9][15][18]
Sphaerophoria interrupta [2]
Sphaerophoria loewi [2]
Sphaerophoria philanthus [2]
Sphaerophoria potentillae [2][9][19][20]
Sphaerophoria rueppellii [2]
Sphaerophoria scripta [2]
Sphaerophoria taeniata [2]
Sphaerophoria virgata [2]

Syrphus

Xanthogramma

Subfamily Milesiinae

Tribe Callicerini

Callicera

Callicera aurata [2][Note 6]
Callicera rufa [2]
Callicera spinolae [2]

Tribe Cheilosiini

Cheilosia

Cheilosia ahenea [22]
Cheilosia albipila [2]
Cheilosia albitarsis [2]
Cheilosia antiqua [2]
Cheilosia barbata [2]
Cheilosia bergenstammi [2]
Cheilosia caerulescens [23]
Cheilosia carbonaria [2]
Cheilosia chrysocoma [2]
Cheilosia cynocephala [2]
Cheilosia fraterna [2]
Cheilosia griseiventris [2]
Cheilosia grossa [2]
Cheilosia illustrata [2]
Cheilosia impressa [2]
Cheilosia lasiopa [2][Note 7]
Cheilosia latifrons [2] (syn. C. intonsa)
Cheilosia longula [2]
Cheilosia mutabilis [2]
Cheilosia nebulosa [2]
Cheilosia nigripes [2]
Cheilosia pagana [2]
Cheilosia praecox [2] (syn. C. globulipes)
Cheilosia proxima [2]
Cheilosia psilophthalma [2][24]
Cheilosia pubera [2]
Cheilosia sahlbergi [2]
Cheilosia scutellata [2]
Cheilosia semifasciata [2]
Cheilosia soror [2]
Cheilosia uviformis [2]
Cheilosia variabilis [2]
Cheilosia velutina [2]
Cheilosia vernalis [2]
Cheilosia vicina [2] (syn. C. nasutula)
Cheilosia vulpina [2]

Ferdinandea

Ferdinandea cuprea [2]
Ferdinandea ruficornis [2]

Portevinia

Portevinia maculata [2]

Rhingia

Rhingia campestris [2]
Rhingia rostrata [2]

Tribe Chrysogastrini

Brachyopa

Chrysogaster

Chrysogaster cemiteriorum [2] (syn. Ch. chalybeata)
Chrysogaster solstitialis [2]
Chrysogaster virescens [2]

Hammerschmidtia

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea [2]

Lejogaster: Subgenus Liogaster

Lejogaster metallina [2]
Lejogaster tarsata [2] (syn. L. splendida)

Melanogaster[Note 8]

Myolepta

Myolepta dubia [2][Note 10]
Myolepta potens [2]

Neoascia: Subgenus Neoascia

Neoascia podagrica [2]
Neoascia tenur [2]

Subgenus Neoasciella

Orthonevra

Riponnensia

Riponnensia splendens [2]

Sphegina: Subgenus Asiosphegina

Sphegina sibirica [26]

Subgenus Sphegina

Sphegina clunipes [2]
Sphegina elegans [2] (syn. Sphegina kimakowiczi)
Sphegina verecunda [2]

Tribe Eristalini

Anasimyia

Eristalinus: Subgenus Eristalinus

Eristalinus sepulchralis [2]

Subgenus Lathyrophthalmus

Eristalinus aeneus [2]

Eristalis: Subgenus Eoseristalis

Subgenus Eristalis

Eristalis tenax [2]

Helophilus

Lejops

Lejops vittatus [2]

Mallota

Mallota cimbiciformis [2]

Myathropa

Myathropa florea [2]

Parhelophilus

Tribe Merodontini (incorporating Eumerini)

Eumerus

Merodon

Merodon equestris [2]

Platynochaetus

Platynochaetus setosus (accidental import on vegetables) [29]

Psilota

Psilota anthracina [2]

Tribe Pelecocerini

Chamaesyrphus

Chamaesyrphus caledonicus [2]
Chamaesyrphus scaevoides [2]

Pelecocera

Pelecocera tricincta [2]

Tribe Pipizini

Heringia: Subgenus Heringia

Heringia heringi [2]

Subgenus Neocnemodon

Pipiza

Pipizella

Pipizella maculipennis [2]
Pipizella virens [2]

Trichopsomyia

Trichopsomyia flavitarsis [2]

Triglyphus

Triglyphus primus [2]

Chalcosyrphus: Subgenus Xylotina

Chalcosyrphus nemorum [2]

Subgenus Xylotodes

Chalcosyrphus eunotus [2]

Criorhina

Pocota

Pocota personata [2]

Syritta

Syritta pipiens [2]

Tropidia

Tropidia scita [2]

Xylota

Xylota abiens [2]
Xylota coeruleiventris [2]
Xylota florum [2]
Xylota jakutorum [1]
Xylota segnis [2]
Xylota sylvarum [2]
Xylota tarda [2]
Xylota xanthocnema [2]

Subfamily Microdontinae

Microdon

Microdon analis [2] (syn. M. eggeri)
Microdon devius [2]
Microdon mutabilis [2]
Microdon myrmicae [30]

Notes

Incorporating Melanostomatini
Incorporating Chrysotoxini
listed as D. lunulatus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed as D. conopseus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
Metasyrphus of Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as C. aenea
listed as C. honesta by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
included in Chrysogaster in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed as Chrysogaster macquarti in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed as M. luteola in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed as E. nemorum by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as B. lenta

References

Stubbs & Falk (1983)
Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. Royal Entomological Society: 1–234. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Grayson, Andrew (2002). "Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to England". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 87–93.
Stubbs, Alan E. (2002). "Advances in the understanding of the Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen) complex in Britain, including the addition of Platycheirus aurolateralis sp. n. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 75–80.
de Tiefenau, Pierre Goeldlin; Maibach, Alain; Speight, Martin C. D. (1990). "Sur quelques especes de Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouvelles ou maconnues". Dipterists Digest. First series (in French). 5 (1): 19–44.
Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.
Falk, Steven J.; Stubbs, Alan E. (1991). "Further records and observations of Platycheirus species (Syrphidae) recently added to the British list, with discussion on the identification of P. ramsaerensis". Dipterists Digest. First series. 10 (1): 40–45.
Rotheray, G. E. (1998). "Platycheirus splendidus sp. n. from Britain formerly confused with Platycheirus scutatus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologist's Gazette. 49 (4): 271–276.
Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
Rabarts, Ian W. (18 Feb 2011). "Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain in Breckland". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. Dipterists Forum. 17 (2): 157–161.
Parker, Mick (2013). "An additional British site for Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. Dipterists Forum. 20 (2): 119.
Chandler, Peter J. (December 2011). "Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 18 (2): 203–204.
MacGowan, Iain; Watt, Kenneth (1994). "A further record of Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a review of its known distribution in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 26–29.
Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Scaeva dignota (Rondani, (Diptera: Syrphidae), New to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 20 (2): 151–152.
Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1989). "Sur plusieurs especes de Sphaerophoria (Dipt., Syrphidae) nouvelles ou meconnues des regions palearctique et nearctique". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 62: 41–66.
Plant, Colin. W. (1990). "Sphaerophoria bankowskae Goeldlin, 1989 (Syrphidae) recorded in mainland Britain" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 3: 32–33. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1974). "Contribution a l'etude systematique et ecologique des Syrphidae (Dipt.) de la Suisse occidentale". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 47 (3–4): 151–252.
Speight, Martin C.D. (1989). "Sphaerophoria fatarum in the British Isles (Syrphidae)" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 2: 34. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
Claussen, C. (1984). "Sphaerophoria potentillae n. sp. - eine neue Syrphiden-Art aus Nordwestdeutschland (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 94 (17): 245–250. ISSN 0013-8843.
Stubbs, Alan E. (1989). "An additional British Sphaerophoria discovered in Devon" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 2: 34–35. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
Stubbs, Alan E. (2012). "Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975 (Diptera: Syrphidae), in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 102.
Parker, M. J. (2001). "Cheilosia ahenea von Roser (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Great Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 8 (1): 24–26.
Collins, G. A. & Halstead, A. J. (August 2008). "Cheilosia caerulescens (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 15 (1): 23–26.
Falk, Steven (2002). "Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (2): 87–93.
Drake, C. Martin (2006). "Orthonevra intermedia Lundbeck, 1916 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 13 (2): 87–91.
Stubbs, Alan (1994). "Sphegina (Asiosphegina) sibirica Stackelberg, 1953 a new species and sub-genus of hoverfly (Diptera. Syrphidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 23–25.
Stuke, Jens-Hermann (1996). "Helophilus affmis new to the British Isles (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 3 (1): 45–46.
Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 2. Dipterists Forum. 20 (1): 15–16.
Irwin, A.G. (2012). "The hoverfly Platynochaetus setosus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), found alive in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 99.
Schönrogge, K; Barr, B.; Wardlaw, J. C.; Napper, E.; Gardner, M. G.; Breen, J.; Elmes, G. W.; Thomas, J. A. (2002). "When rare species become endangered: cryptic speciation in myrmecophilous hoverflies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 75 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2002.tb02070.x.

Bibliography

Ball, Stuart; Morris, Roger (2013). Britain's Hoverflies: An Introduction to the Hoverflies of Britain. Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-691-15659-0.
Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xv. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.

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[2] Incorporating Melanostomatini

[10] Incorporating Chrysotoxini

[14] sted as D. lunulatus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[15] sted as D. conopseus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[17] Metasyrphus of Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[27] sted in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as C. aenea

[30] sted as C. honesta by Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[32] uded in Chrysogaster in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[33] sted as Chrysogaster macquarti in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[34] sted as M. luteola in Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[37] sted as E. nemorum by Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[41] sted in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as B. lenta

[Stubbs83-1] Stubbs & Falk (1983)

[Chandler1998-3] Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. Royal Entomological Society: 1–234. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Grayson-4] Grayson, Andrew (2002). "Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to England". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 87–93.

[Stubbs02-5] Stubbs, Alan E. (2002). "Advances in the understanding of the Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen) complex in Britain, including the addition of Platycheirus aurolateralis sp. n. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 75–80.

[deTiefenau-6] Tiefenau, Pierre Goeldlin; Maibach, Alain; Speight, Martin C. D. (1990). "Sur quelques especes de Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouvelles ou maconnues". Dipterists Digest. First series (in French). 5 (1): 19–44.

[Vockeroth-7] Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.

[Falk91a-8] Falk, Steven J.; Stubbs, Alan E. (1991). "Further records and observations of Platycheirus species (Syrphidae) recently added to the British list, with discussion on the identification of P. ramsaerensis". Dipterists Digest. First series. 10 (1): 40–45.

[Rotheray98-9] Rotheray, G. E. (1998). "Platycheirus splendidus sp. n. from Britain formerly confused with Platycheirus scutatus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologist's Gazette. 49 (4): 271–276.

[Stubbs2002-11] Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.

[Rabarts2011-12] Rabarts, Ian W. (18 Feb 2011). "Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain in Breckland". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. Dipterists Forum. 17 (2): 157–161.

[Parker2013-13] Parker, Mick (2013). "An additional British site for Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. Dipterists Forum. 20 (2): 119.

[Chandler2011-16] Chandler, Peter J. (December 2011). "Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 18 (2): 203–204.

[MacGowan-18] MacGowan, Iain; Watt, Kenneth (1994). "A further record of Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a review of its known distribution in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 26–29.

[wright-19] Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Scaeva dignota (Rondani, (Diptera: Syrphidae), New to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 20 (2): 151–152.

[Goeldlin1989-20] Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1989). "Sur plusieurs especes de Sphaerophoria (Dipt., Syrphidae) nouvelles ou meconnues des regions palearctique et nearctique". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 62: 41–66.

[Plant1990-21] Plant, Colin. W. (1990). "Sphaerophoria bankowskae Goeldlin, 1989 (Syrphidae) recorded in mainland Britain" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 3: 32–33. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[Goeldlin1974-22] Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1974). "Contribution a l'etude systematique et ecologique des Syrphidae (Dipt.) de la Suisse occidentale". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 47 (3–4): 151–252.

[Speight1989-23] Speight, Martin C.D. (1989). "Sphaerophoria fatarum in the British Isles (Syrphidae)" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 2: 34. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[Claussen1984-24] Claussen, C. (1984). "Sphaerophoria potentillae n. sp. - eine neue Syrphiden-Art aus Nordwestdeutschland (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 94 (17): 245–250. ISSN 0013-8843.

[Stubbs1989-25] Stubbs, Alan E. (1989). "An additional British Sphaerophoria discovered in Devon" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. Dipterists Forum. 2: 34–35. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[Stubbs2012-26] Stubbs, Alan E. (2012). "Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975 (Diptera: Syrphidae), in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 102.

[Parker-28] Parker, M. J. (2001). "Cheilosia ahenea von Roser (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Great Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 8 (1): 24–26.

[29] Collins, G. A. & Halstead, A. J. (August 2008). "Cheilosia caerulescens (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 15 (1): 23–26.

[Falk-31] Falk, Steven (2002). "Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (2): 87–93.

[Drake-35] Drake, C. Martin (2006). "Orthonevra intermedia Lundbeck, 1916 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 13 (2): 87–91.

[Stubbs-36] Stubbs, Alan (1994). "Sphegina (Asiosphegina) sibirica Stackelberg, 1953 a new species and sub-genus of hoverfly (Diptera. Syrphidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 23–25.

[Stuke-38] Stuke, Jens-Hermann (1996). "Helophilus affmis new to the British Isles (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 3 (1): 45–46.

[39] Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 2. Dipterists Forum. 20 (1): 15–16.

[Irwin2012-40] Irwin, A.G. (2012). "The hoverfly Platynochaetus setosus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), found alive in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 99.

[Schönrogge02-42] Schönrogge, K; Barr, B.; Wardlaw, J. C.; Napper, E.; Gardner, M. G.; Breen, J.; Elmes, G. W.; Thomas, J. A. (2002). "When rare species become endangered: cryptic speciation in myrmecophilous hoverflies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 75 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2002.tb02070.x.