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List of flower fly species of North America

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 ===== 78 species • Pipiza cribbeni (Coovert, 1996) • Pipiza davidsoni (Curran, 1921) • Pipiza distincta (Curran, 1921) • 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 ===== Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein ===== 14 species ===== Genus Didea Macquart ===== 2 species ===== Genus Lapposyrphus ===== • Lapposyrphus aberrantisLapposyrphus lapponicus ===== Genus Leucozona Schiner ===== • Leucozona americanaLeucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) • Leucozona velutinaLeucozona xylotoides ===== Genus Melangyna Verrall ===== • Melangyna arcticaMelangyna fisheriiMelangyna labiatarumMelangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna subfasciataMelangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843) • Melangyna umbellatarum ===== Genus Meligramma Frey ===== • Meligramma guttataMeligramma trianguliferaMeligramma vespertina ===== Genus Meliscaeva Frey ===== • Meliscaeva cinctella ===== Genus Ocyptamus Macquart ===== 14 species • 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 punctifronsSalpingogaster nepenthe ===== Genus Scaeva ===== • Scaeva pyrastriScaeva selenitica ===== Genus Sphaerophoria ===== 13 species – 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 fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019) ==== Genus Ubristes ==== • Ubristes jaguarinus Reemer, 2013 === Subfamily Eristalinae === ==== Tribe Brachyopini ==== ===== Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822===== 17 species ===== Genus Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803===== • Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849 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. • Neoascia willistoni Thompson, 1986 ===== Genus Orthonevra ===== ===== Genus Sphegina ===== ==== Tribe Callicerini ==== ===== Genus Callicera ===== • Callicera duncani Curran, 1935 • Callicera erratica (Walker, 1849)===== ===== Genus Brachypalpus ===== • Brachypalpus alopex (Osten Sacken, 1877) • Brachypalpus cyanella Osten Sacken, 1877 • Brachypalpus oarus (Walker, 1849)===== ======Subgenus Chrysosomidia Curran, 1934====== • Hadromyia aepalius (Walker, 1849) • Hadromyia crawfordi (Shannon, 1916) • Milesia bella (Townsend, 1897) • Milesia scutellata (Hull, 1924) • Milesia virginiensis (Drury, 1773) ===== Genus Palumbia ===== • Palumbia inflata (Macquart, 1834) ===== Genus Pocota ===== • Pocota bomboides Hunter, 1897 ===== Genus Pterallastes Loew, 1863===== • Pterallastes thoracicus Loew, 1863 ===== Genus Spilomyia ===== 10 species ===== Genus Syritta ===== • Syritta pipiensSyritta flaviventris ===== Genus Temnostoma ===== 10 species • Ferdinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877) ===== Genus Rhingia ===== • Rhingia nasica ===== Genus Hiatomyia ===== ==== Tribe Volucellini ==== ===== Genus Copestylum ===== 82 species ===== Genus Ornidia ===== • Ornidia obesa ===== Genus Volucella ===== • Volucella bombylans References ==External links==
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