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Syrphidae

232 species · Animals

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Cheilosia impressa (Loew, 1840)

Cheilosia impressa is a broadly built hoverfly species found across most of Europe and east to Siberia.

Cheilosia variabilis (Panzer, 1798)

Cheilosia variabilis is a large blackish hoverfly species native to the Palearctic realm, found across much of Eurasia and North Africa.

Cheilosia corydon (Harris, 1780)

Cheilosia corydon is a species of Diptera found across much of the Palearctic and western North America.

Cheilosia pagana (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia pagana is a fly species found in Europe, eastern Palearctic, Siberia, and the Nearctic, with distinct physical traits.

Cheilosia albitarsis Meigen, 1822

Cheilosia albitarsis is a large broadly-built hoverfly distributed across the entire Palearctic region.

Cheilosia caerulescens (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia caerulescens is a bluish-grey fly whose larvae feed internally on Sempervivum across much of Europe.

Cheilosia illustrata (Harris, 1780)

Cheilosia illustrata is a common hoverfly species found across Europe and the eastern Palearctic.

Cheilosia fasciata (Schiner & Egger, 1853)

Cheilosia fasciata is a mostly black European hoverfly species that is often confused with Cheilosia semifasciata.

Ferdinandea cuprea (Scopoli, 1763)

Ferdinandea cuprea is a Palaearctic hover fly species with a described morphology and broad northern to eastern range.

Ferdinandea buccata (Loew, 1863)

Ferdinandea buccata is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.

Portevinia maculata (Fallén, 1817)

Portevinia maculata is a Palearctic hoverfly found in deciduous woodland glades across much of Europe.

Rhingia campestris Meigen, 1822

Rhingia campestris is a Palearctic hoverfly species with a distinct long straight snout and red tibiae.

Rhingia nasica Say, 1823

Rhingia nasica is a species of syrphid fly found in North America whose larvae are associated with animal dung.

Rhingia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rhingia rostrata is a small European hoverfly with a long snout, orange abdomen, and larvae associated with cow dung.

Merodon equestris (Fabricius, 1794)

Merodon equestris is a stout 10-14 mm hoverfly with a wide native Palearctic range, introduced to Nearctic areas and New Zealand.

Merodon setosus (Fabricius, 1794)

Platynochaetus setosus is a western Mediterranean hoverfly species found in Quercus ilex woodlands from March to May.

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