Family Syrphidae

Direct Child Taxa (67)

• Genus Allograpta
• Genus Anasimyia
• Genus Baccha
• Genus Blera
• Genus Brachyopa
• Genus Brachypalpus
• Genus Chalcosyrphus
• Genus Cheilosia
• Genus Chrysogaster
• Genus Chrysotoxum
• Genus Copestylum
• Genus Criorhina
• Genus Dasysyrphus
• Genus Didea
• Genus Dioprosopa
• Genus Doros
• Genus Epistrophe
• Genus Epistrophella
• Genus Eristalinus
• Genus Eristalis
• Genus Eumerus
• Genus Eupeodes
• Genus Eurimyia
• Genus Ferdinandea
• Genus Hadromyia
• Genus Helophilus
• Genus Heringia
• Genus Lejops
• Genus Lejota
• Genus Mallota
• Genus Melanostoma
• Genus Meligramma
• Genus Meliscaeva
• Genus Merodon
• Genus Meromacrus
• Genus Microdon
• Genus Milesia
• Genus Myolepta
• Genus Neocnemodon
• Genus Ocyptamus
• Genus Orthonevra
• Genus Palpada
• Genus Paragus
• Genus Parhelophilus
• Genus Pelecinobaccha
• Genus Pipiza
• Genus Platycheirus
• Genus Pterallastes
• Genus Rhingia
• Genus Sericomyia
• Genus Somula
• Genus Sphaerophoria
• Genus Sphecomyia
• Genus Sphegina
• Genus Sphiximorpha
• Genus Spilomyia
• Genus Syritta
• Genus Syrphus
• Genus Temnostoma
• Genus Teuchocnemis
• Genus Toxomerus
• Genus Trichopsomyia
• Genus Tropidia
• Genus Volucella
• Genus Xanthogramma
• Genus Xylota
• Genus Xylotina

Taxonomic Leaves (159)

1. Eastern Hornet Fly (Spilomyia longicornis)
2. Exotic Stripetail (Allograpta exotica)
3. Painted Wood Fly (Blera pictipes)
4. Hairy Wood Fly (Blera umbratilis)
5. Yellow Sapeater (Brachyopa flavescens)
6. Yellow-spotted Sapeater (Brachyopa vacua)
7. Eastern Catkin Fly (Brachypalpus oarus)
8. Yellow-banded Forest Fly (Chalcosyrphus anthreas)
9. Violet Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus chalybeus)
10. Long-haired Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus libo)
11. Yellow-legged Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus metallicus)
12. Dusky-banded Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus nemorum)
13. Scar-horned Blacklet (Cheilosia capillata)
14. Yellow-shouldered Blacklet (Cheilosia pallipes)
15. Pale-haired Blacklet (Cheilosia primoveris)
16. Shannon's Blacklet (Cheilosia shannoni)
17. Short-haired Wrinklehead (Chrysogaster antitheus)
18. Narrow-banded Meadow Fly (Chrysotoxum derivatum)
19. Black-legged Meadow Fly (Chrysotoxum perplexum)
20. Violet Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum barei)
21. Iridescent Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum vesicularium)
22. Undivided Lucent (Didea fuscipes)
23. Canadian Potter Fly (Doros aequalis)
24. Emarginate Smoothtail (Epistrophe xanthostoma)
25. Eurasian Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
26. Black-shouldered Drone Fly (Eristalis dimidiata)
27. Orange-legged Drone Fly (Eristalis flavipes)
28. Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
29. Transverse Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa)
30. Lesser Bulb Fly (Eumerus tuberculatus)
31. Long-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes americanus)
32. Bare-winged Aphideater (Eupeodes perplexus)
33. Short-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes pomus)
34. Common Copperback (Ferdinandea buccata)
35. Narrow-headed Marsh Fly (Helophilus fasciatus)
36. White-faced Spikeleg (Neocnemodon coxalis)
37. Eastern Smoothleg (Heringia salax)
38. Lump-legged Swamp Fly (Anasimyia chrysostoma)
39. Short-spurred Swamp Fly (Anasimyia distincta)
40. Golden Trunksitter (Lejota aerea)
41. Bare-eyed Mimic Fly (Mallota bautias)
42. Hairy-eyed Mimic Fly (Mallota posticata)
43. Variable Duskyface Fly (Melanostoma mellinum)
44. Winter Bumblefly (Criorhina villosa)
45. Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
46. Carolinian Elegant (Meromacrus acutus)
47. Large Metallic Ant Fly (Microdon craigheadii)
48. Globular Ant Fly (Microdon globosus)
49. Virginia Giant Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis)
50. Scaled Pegleg (Myolepta strigilata)
51. Orange-banded Spineleg (Myolepta varipes)
52. Cobalt Hover Fly (Pelecinobaccha costata)
53. Dusky-winged Hover Fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis)
54. Wavy Mucksucker (Orthonevra nitida)
55. White-faced Plushback (Palpada albifrons)
56. Tropical Plushback (Palpada furcata)
57. Narrow-faced Grass Skimmer (Paragus angustifrons)
58. Common Grass Skimmer (Paragus haemorrhous)
59. Common Bog Fly (Parhelophilus laetus)
60. White-haired Pithead (Pipiza femoralis)
61. Pale-haired Pithead (Pipiza nigripilosa)
62. Sumac Gall Pithead (Pipiza puella)
63. Pearly Sedgesitter (Platycheirus hyperboreus)
64. Eastern Forest Sedgesitter (Platycheirus obscurus)
65. Meadow Sedgesitter (Platycheirus quadratus)
66. Yellowspine Sedgesitter (Platycheirus scamboides)
67. Four-speckled Hover Fly (Dioprosopa clavata)
68. Orangeback (Pterallastes thoracicus)
69. Rhingia nasica
70. Oblique-banded Pond Fly (Sericomyia chrysotoxoides)
71. Spotted Wood Fly (Somula decora)
72. Broad-striped Globetail (Sphaerophoria brevipilosa)
73. Tufted Globetail (Sphaerophoria contigua)
74. Long-horned Yellowjacket Fly (Sphecomyia vittata)
75. Tuberculate Pufftail (Sphegina flavimana)
76. Tooth-legged Pufftail (Sphegina flavomaculata)
77. Peg-legged Pufftail (Sphegina keeniana)
78. Black-lobed Pufftail (Sphegina lobulifera)
79. Black-horned Pufftail (Sphegina rufiventris)
80. Williston's Wasp Fly (Sphiximorpha willistoni)
81. Broad-banded Hornet Fly (Spilomyia alcimus)
82. Peg-legged Compost Fly (Syritta flaviventris)
83. Common Compost Fly (Syritta pipiens)
84. Eastern Flower Fly (Syrphus knabi)
85. Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus)
86. Common Flower Fly (Syrphus ribesii)
87. Hairy-eyed Flower Fly (Syrphus torvus)
88. Black-thighed Flower Fly (Syrphus vitripennis)
89. Yellow-haired Falsehorn (Temnostoma balyras)
90. Yellow-spotted Falsehorn (Temnostoma daochus)
91. Temnostoma pictulum
92. Three-lined Falsehorn (Temnostoma trifasciatum)
93. Black-spotted Falsehorn (Temnostoma excentrica)
94. Orange Spur Fly (Teuchocnemis bacuntius)
95. Black Spur Fly (Teuchocnemis lituratus)
96. Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)
97. Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
98. Maize Calligrapher (Toxomerus politus)
99. Black-haired Psyllid-Killer (Trichopsomyia apisaon)
100. Bumble Bee Hover Fly (Volucella bombylans)
101. American Harlequin (Xanthogramma flavipes)
102. Two-spotted Leafwalker (Xylota angustiventris)
103. Eastern Orange-tailed Leafwalker (Xylota bicolor)
104. Polished Leafwalker (Xylota ejuncida)
105. Four-spotted Leafwalker (Xylota quadrimaculata)
106. Common Thick-leg Fly (Tropidia quadrata)
107. Striped Hover Fly (Lejops lineatus)
108. Black-footed Drone Fly (Eristalis hirta)
109. Yellow-thighed Thick-leg Fly (Tropidia albistylum)
110. American Dainty (Baccha cognata)
111. Common Lagoon Fly (Eristalinus aeneus)
112. Broad-headed Marsh Fly (Helophilus latifrons)
113. Long-horned Ant Fly (Microdon tristis)
114. Thin-lined Calligrapher (Toxomerus boscii)
115. Bare-cheeked Bumble Fly (Criorhina nigriventris)
116. Northern Plushback (Palpada vinetorum)
117. Oblique Stripetail (Allograpta obliqua)
118. Confusing Conifer Fly (Dasysyrphus intrudens)
119. Striped Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum vittatum)
120. Golden-haired Ant Fly (Microdon aurulentus)
121. Eastern Band-winged Hover Fly (Ocyptamus fascipennis)
122. Black-horned Smoothtail (Epistrophe grossulariae)
123. Blue-polished Drone Fly (Eristalis saxorum)
124. Eupeodes americanus/pomus
125. Banded Thintail (Meliscaeva cinctella)
126. Orange-spined Drone Fly (Eristalis interrupta)
127. Eumerus funeralis
128. Copestylum marginatum group
129. Texas Hornet Fly (Spilomyia texana)
130. Black-hipped Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus plesia)
131. Black-legged Bog Fly (Parhelophilus flavifacies)
132. Dusky-veined Mucksucker (Orthonevra pictipennis)
133. Xylotina sp.
134. Orange-horned Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus metallifer)
135. Hairy-cheeked Bumble Fly (Criorhina verbosa)
136. Orange-backed Calligrapher (Toxomerus jussiaeae)
137. Yellow-faced Swiftwing (Volucella facialis)
138. Slender Smoothtail (Epistrophella emarginata)
139. Six-spotted Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum sexmaculatum)
140. Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly (Eristalis stipator)
141. Bald-faced Hornet Fly (Spilomyia fusca)
142. Shiny Bog Fly (Parhelophilus integer)
143. Yellow-legged Bog Fly (Parhelophilus divisus)
144. Short-haired Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus piger)
145. Double-banded Plushback (Palpada agrorum)
146. Long-nosed Swamp Fly (Eurimyia stipata)
147. Long-spurred Swamp Fly (Anasimyia grisescens)
148. Eastern Swiftwing (Volucella evecta)
149. Black Pegleg (Myolepta nigra)
150. Wasp-like Falsehorn (Temnostoma alternans)
151. Swarthy Blacklet (Cheilosia prima)
152. Eastern Mimic Fly (Mallota mississipensis)
153. Common Wood Fly (Blera badia)
154. Orthonevra sp.
155. Banded Wood Fly (Somula mississippiensis)
156. Pipiza sp.
157. Meligramma cincta
158. Broad-banded Aphideater (Eupeodes latifasciatus)
159. Sterling Quicksilver (Hadromyia aepalius)

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Additional taxa

• Sphaerophoria sp.
• Eumerus sp.
• Microdon sp.
• Lejops sp.
• Eupeodes sp.
• Platycheirus sp.
• Paragus sp.
• Allograpta obliqua/exotica
• Epistrophella sp.
• Syrphus sp.
• Xylota sp.
• Parhelophilus sp.
• Eristalis sp.
• Temnostoma sp.
• Ocyptamus sp.
• Helophilus sp.
• Toxomerus sp.
• Chrysogaster sp.
• Cheilosia sp.
• Chrysotoxum sp.
• Anasimyia sp.
• Criorhina sp.
• Chalcosyrphus sp.