Syrphidae
Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
Eupeodes perplexus is a North American hoverfly where adults eat nectar and larvae eat aphids and scale insects.
Eupeodes americanus (Wiedemann, 1830)
Eupeodes americanus (Wiedemann, 1830)
Eupeodes americanus, the American hoverfly, is a North American migratory aphid-eating fly considered for aphid biological control.
Eupeodes pomus (Curran, 1921)
Eupeodes pomus (Curran, 1921)
The short-tailed aphideater Eupeodes pomus is a North American syrphid fly whose larvae feed on aphids.
Melangyna novaezelandiae (Macquart, 1855)
Melangyna novaezelandiae (Macquart, 1855)
Melangyna novaezelandiae is a common New Zealand hoverfly species found across a range of habitats including farmland.
Melangyna viridiceps (Macquart, 1847)
Melangyna viridiceps (Macquart, 1847)
Melangyna viridiceps is a common Australian hoverfly often confused with another species, with disputed records from New Zealand.
Melangyna umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794)
Melangyna umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794)
Melangyna umbellatarum is a hoverfly species distinguished from similar M. ericarum by morphological traits, found across the Palearctic and Nearctic.
Melangyna lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Melangyna lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Melangyna lasiophthalma is a species of hoverfly found in parts of the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Didea alneti (Fallén, 1817)
Didea alneti (Fallén, 1817)
Didea alneti is a hoverfly species with distinct morphological traits, distributed across the Palearctic and parts of North America.
Didea fasciata Macquart, 1834
Didea fasciata Macquart, 1834
Didea fasciata Macquart, 1834 is a fly species found across the Palaearctic, Nearctic, and Oriental regions.
Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823)
Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823)
Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823) is a fly species with distinct physical traits across life stages, found across North America and parts of the Neotropics.
Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann, 1830)
Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann, 1830)
Allograpta exotica is an aphid-eating syrphid fly with a total 15-day life cycle and 10-day adult lifespan.
Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927
Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927
Allograpta piurana is a hoverfly species in the Allograpta obliqua group found in Chile and Peru, inhabiting inland valleys to highlands.
Chrysotoxum cautum (Harris, 1778)
Chrysotoxum cautum (Harris, 1778)
Chrysotoxum cautum is a hoverfly species with a set of distinct morphological identification features.
Chrysotoxum elegans Loew, 1841
Chrysotoxum elegans Loew, 1841
Chrysotoxum elegans is a hoverfly species found in southern mainland Europe whose larvae likely eat root aphids.
Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysotoxum festivum is a Palaearctic syrphid species with defined morphological identification features.
Chrysotoxum arcuatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysotoxum arcuatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysotoxum arcuatum is a widespread hoverfly species found across Britain and Ireland, whose larvae likely eat ant-associated root aphids.
Chrysotoxum intermedium Meigen, 1822
Chrysotoxum intermedium Meigen, 1822
Chrysotoxum elegans is a hoverfly species found in southern mainland Europe whose larvae likely eat root aphids.
Chrysotoxum verralli Collin, 1940
Chrysotoxum verralli Collin, 1940
Chrysotoxum verralli is a wasp-mimic hoverfly found from Europe to the Near East that lives in grasslands near trees.
Chrysotoxum pubescens Loew, 1864
Chrysotoxum pubescens Loew, 1864
Chrysotoxum pubescens, the Yellow-throated Meadow Fly, is a small fly species found in Canada and the United States.
Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe grossulariae is a hoverfly species found across the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms, with well-documented morphological features.
Epistrophe eligans (Harris, 1780)
Epistrophe eligans (Harris, 1780)
Epistrophe eligans is a Palaearctic Diptera species with distinct morphological features ranging from South Sweden to the Caucasus.
Epistrophe nitidicollis (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe nitidicollis (Meigen, 1822)
Epistrophe nitidicollis is a hoverfly species found across the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms, with documented morphology and distribution.
Philhelius pedissequum (Harris, 1778)
Philhelius pedissequum (Harris, 1778)
Philhelius pedissequum is an uncommon hoverfly species with distinct black and yellow markings found across parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
Philhelius flavipes is a syrphid fly species found in North America, formerly classified under the synonym genus Xanthogramma.
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