Syrphus

Syrphus
	Syrphus ribesii male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Syrphus; Fabricius, 1775
Type species
	Musca ribesii; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Syrphidis Goffe, 1933;

Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies.[1] It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter (as well as hairs on the rear margin of the calypter as in most Syrphini).[1]

Image by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy - Life history of Syrphus

Species

Syrphus annulifemur Mutin, 1997
Syrphus attenuatus Hine, 1922
Syrphus currani Fluke, 1939
Syrphus dimidiatus Macquart, 1834
Syrphus doesburgi Goot, 1964
Syrphus intricatus Vockeroth, 1983
Syrphus knabi Shannon, 1916
Syrphus laceyorum Thompson, 2000
Syrphus monoculus (Swederus, 1787)
Syrphus nitidifrons (Becker, 1921)
Syrphus opinator Osten Sacken, 1877
Syrphus octomaculatus Walker, 1837[2]
S. phaeostigma Wiedemann, 1830[3]
Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875
Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Syrphus sexmaculatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Syrphus sonorensis Vockeroth, 1983
Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875
Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822

References

Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-4-0.
Wakeham-Dawson, A.; Jones, A.G.; Thompson, F.C. (2009). "Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. UK: Dipterists Forum. 16 (1): 65–71. ISSN 0953-7260.
Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F.C. (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.

External links

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Data related to Syrphus at Wikispecies
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[stubbs83-1] Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-4-0.

[Grayson-2] Wakeham-Dawson, A.; Jones, A.G.; Thompson, F.C. (2009). "Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. UK: Dipterists Forum. 16 (1): 65–71. ISSN 0953-7260.

[Marinoni-3] Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F.C. (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.