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List of flower fly species of North America

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There are more than 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.

Family Syrphidae

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805 Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)

Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 Source: 78 species

Tribe Paragini

Genus Paragus Latreille

Tribe Pipizini

Genus Pipiza Fallén Pipiza crassipes (Bigot, 1884) Pipiza cribbeni (Coovert, 1996) Pipiza davidsoni (Curran, 1921) Pipiza distincta (Curran, 1921) Pipiza femoralis (Loew, 1866) Pipiza macrofemoralis (Curran, 1921) Pipiza nigripilosa (Williston, 1887) Pipiza puella ( Williston, 1887) Pipiza quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1802)

Genus Heringia Rondani, 1856 Heringia calcarata Loew, 1866 Heringia latitarsis (Egger, 1865)

Genus Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888 Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849 Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907) Trichopsomyia banksi (Curran, 1921) Trichopsomyia litoralis Vockeroth, 1988 Trichopsomyia nigritarsis (Curran, 1924) Trichopsomyia occidentalis (Townsend, 1897) Trichopsomyia pubescens (Loew, 1863) Trichopsomyia recedens (Walker, 1852) Trichopsomyia rufithoracica (Curran, 1921) Trichopsomyia similis (Curran, 1924)

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken 5 species

Allograpta exotica Allograpta obliqua Allograpta micrura Allograpta radiata

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen 13 species

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein 14 species

Genus Didea Macquart 2 species

Didea alneti Didea fuscipes

Genus Dioprosopa Hull, 1949 Dioprosopa clavata

Genus Doros Meigen Doros aequalis

Genus Epistrophe Walker Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe metcalfi Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe terminalis Epistrophe xanthostoma

Genus Epistrophella Epistrophella emarginata

Genus Eriozona Schiner Eriozona laxa

Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken 21 Species

Genus Lapposyrphus Lapposyrphus aberrantis Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Genus Leucozona Schiner Leucozona americana Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Leucozona velutina Leucozona xylotoides

Genus Melangyna Verrall Melangyna arctica Melangyna fisherii Melangyna labiatarum Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna subfasciata Melangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843) Melangyna umbellatarum

Genus Meligramma Frey Meligramma guttata Meligramma triangulifera Meligramma vespertina

Genus Meliscaeva Frey Meliscaeva cinctella

Genus Ocyptamus Macquart 14 species

Genus Orphnabaccha Vockeroth, 1969 Orphnabaccha coerulea (Williston, 1891) Orphnabaccha jactator (Loew, 1861)

Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura Parasyrphus currani (Fluke, 1935) Parasyrphus genualis (Williston, 1887) Parasyrphus groenlandicus (Nielsen, 1910) Parasyrphus insolitus (Osburn, 1908) Parasyrphus macularis (Zetterstedt, 1843) Parasyrphus melanderi (Curran, 1925) Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) Parasyrphus relictus (Zetterstedt) Parasyrphus semiinterruptus (Fluke, 1935) Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) Parasyrphus vockerothi (Thompson, 2012)

Genus Philhelius Philhelius flavipes

Genus Salpingogaster Schiner Salpingogaster punctifrons Salpingogaster nepenthe

Genus Scaeva Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva selenitica

Genus Sphaerophoria 13 species

Genus Syrphus 11 species

Tribe Toxomerini

Genus Toxomerus 23 species

Subfamily Microdontinae

Genus Aristosyrphus Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945) Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008 – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Genus Carreramyia Carreramyia megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)

Genus Microdon 29 species

Genus Mixogaster Key to North American species

Mixogaster delongi (Hull, 1926) Mixogaster johnsoni (Hull, 1941) Mixogaster breviventris (Kahl, 1897) Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)

Genus Omegasyrphus Omegasyrphus pallipennis (Curran, 1925)

Genus Peradon Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)

Genus Pseudomicrodon Pseudomicrodon claripennis (Hine, 1914)

Genus Rhopalosyrphus Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003,

Genus Ubristes Ubristes jaguarinus Reemer, 2013

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Brachyopini

Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822 17 species

Genus Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803 Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849 Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916

Genus Chrysosyrphus Sedman, 1965 Chrysosyrphus alaskensis (Shannon, 1922) Chrysosyrphus frontosus (Bigot, 1884) Chrysosyrphus latus (Loew, 1863) Chrysosyrphus nasuta (Zetterstedt, 1838) Chrysosyrphus nigripennis (Williston, 1882)

Genus Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834 Hammerschmidtia sedmani (Vockeroth, Moran & Skevington, 2019) Hammerschmidtia ferruginea ([Fallen, 1817)

Genus Myolepta 8 species

Myolepta auricaudata (Williston, 1891) Myolepta aurinota (Hine, 1903) Myolepta camillae Weems, 1956 Myolepta cornellia ([Shannon , 1923) Myolepta lunulata Bigot, 1884 Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1972) Myolepta strigilata (Loew, 1872) Myolepta varipes (Loew, 1869)

Genus Neoascia Neoascia distincta Williston, 1887 Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822) Neoascia globosa (Walker, 1849) Neoascia metallica (Williston, 1882) Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763) Neoascia sphaerophoria Curran, 1925 Neoascia subchalybea Curran, 1925 Neoascia tenur (Harris, 1780) The Black-kneed Fen Fly is a common species that was formerly considered to be only European now considered to be throughout North America and Canada. N. unifasciata (Strobl, 1898) Neoascia willistoni Thompson, 1986

Genus Orthonevra

Genus Sphegina

Tribe Callicerini

Genus Callicera Callicera duncani Curran, 1935 Callicera erratica (Walker, 1849) Callicera montensis Snow, 1892

Tribe Cerioidini

Genus Ceriana

Genus Monoceromyia Monoceromyia floridensis (Shannon, 1922)

Genus Polybiomyia

Genus Sphiximorpha Sphiximorpha cylindrica (Curran, 1921) Sphiximorpha loewii (Williston, 1887)

Tribe Eristalini

Genus Eristalinus Eristalinus aeneus Scopoli, 1844 Eristalinus taeniops Weidemann, 1818

Genus Eristalis

Genus Helophilus 12 species

Genus Lejops

Genus Mallota 11 species

Mallota albipes Snow, 1895 Mallota bautias (Walker, 1849) Mallota bequaerti Hull, 1956 Mallota posticata (Fabricius, 1805) Mallota sackeni Williston, 1882

Genus Meromacrus Meromacrus acutus (fabricus, 1805) Meromacrus croceatus Hull, 1960 Meromacrus draco Hull, 1942e Meromacrus gloriosus Hull, 1941 Meromacrus minuticornis Thompson, 2001 Meromacrus panamensis Curran, 1930

Genus Myathropa Myathropa florea

Genus Palpada Macquart, 1854

Genus Parhelophilus

Tribe Sericomyiini

Genus Sericomyia 14 species

Genus Pyritis Pyritis kincaidii

Tribe Merodontini

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