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Male Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly with thin abdomen
Volucella inanis is one of the larger species of hoverfly found in Britain.

The following is a list of hoverfly (Syrphidae) species recorded in Great Britain.

Alan Stubbs and Steven Falk, in their 1983 work British Hoverflies, divided the family into subfamilies and tribes. These subdivisions are now believed to be, to some extent, artificial groupings, not reflecting the evolutionary relationships within the family, so in need of revision. As no replacement system is yet in place, though, these groupings are retained in this list.

The six unnamed species listed in Stubbs and Falk (1983) are not included below.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2012)

Subfamily Syrphinae

Main article: Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini (incorporating Melanostomatini)

Main articles: Bacchini and Melanostomatini
Baccha
Melanostoma
Platycheirus
Xanthandrus

Tribe Paragini

Main article: Paragini
Paragus

Tribe Syrphini (incorporating Chrysotoxini)

Main articles: Syrphini and Chrysotoxini
Chrysotoxum
Dasysyrphus
Didea
Doros
Epistrophe
Epistrophella
Episyrphus
Eriozona
Eupeodes
Fagisyrphus
Lapposyrphus
Leucozona
Megasyrphus
Melangyna
Meligramma
Meliscaeva
Parasyrphus
Philhelius
Scaeva
Sphaerophoria
Syrphus

Subfamily Milesiinae

Main article: Milesiinae

Tribe Callicerini

Main article: Callicerini
Callicera

Tribe Cheilosiini

Main article: Cheilosiini
Cheilosia
Ferdinandea
Portevinia
Rhingia

Tribe Chrysogastrini

Main article: Chrysogastrini
Brachyopa
Chrysogaster
Hammerschmidtia
Lejogaster
Melanogaster
Myolepta
Neoascia
Orthonevra
Riponnensia
Sphegina

Tribe Eristalini

Main article: Eristalini
Anasimyia
Eristalinus
Eristalis
Helophilus
Lejops
Mallota
Myathropa
Parhelophilus

Tribe Merodontini (incorporating Eumerini)

Main articles: Merodontini and Eumerini
Eumerus
Merodon
Platynochaetus
Psilota

Tribe Pelecocerini

Main article: Pelecocerini
Chamaesyrphus
Pelecocera

Tribe Pipizini

Main article: Pipizini
Heringia
Pipiza
Pipizella
Trichopsomyia
Triglyphus

Tribe Sericomyiini

Main article: Sericomyiini
Arctophila
Sericomyia

Tribe Volucellini

Main article: Volucellini
Volucella

Tribe Xylotini

Main article: Xylotini
Blera
Brachypalpoides
Brachypalpus
Caliprobola
Chalcosyrphus
Criorhina
Pocota
Syritta
Tropidia
Xylota

Subfamily Microdontinae

Main article: Microdontinae
Microdon

Notes

  1. listed as D. lunulatus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  2. listed as D. conopseus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  3. Metasyrphus of Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  4. listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as C. aenea
  5. listed as C. honesta by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  6. included in Chrysogaster in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  7. listed as Chrysogaster macquarti in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  8. listed as M. luteola in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  9. listed as E. nemorum by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
  10. listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as B. lenta

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Alan E; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (1st ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 253. ISBN 9780950289137.
  2. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. Royal Entomological Society: 1–234. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Grayson, Andrew (2002). "Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to England". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 87–93.
  4. Stubbs, Alan E. (2002). "Advances in the understanding of the Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen) complex in Britain, including the addition of Platycheirus aurolateralis sp. n. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 75–80.
  5. ^ de Tiefenau, Pierre Goeldlin; Maibach, Alain; Speight, Martin C. D. (1990). "Sur quelques especes de Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouvelles ou maconnues". Dipterists Digest. First series (in French). 5 (1): 19–44.
  6. Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.
  7. Falk, Steven J.; Stubbs, Alan E. (1991). "Further records and observations of Platycheirus species (Syrphidae) recently added to the British list, with discussion on the identification of P. ramsaerensis". Dipterists Digest. First series. 10 (1): 40–45.
  8. Rotheray, G. E. (1998). "Platycheirus splendidus sp. n. from Britain formerly confused with Platycheirus scutatus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologist's Gazette. 49 (4): 271–276.
  9. ^ Stubbs, A. E.; Falk, S. J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
  10. Rabarts, Ian W. (18 February 2011). "Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain in Breckland". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 17 (2). Dipterists Forum: 157–161.
  11. Parker, Mick (2013). "An additional British site for Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 20 (2). Dipterists Forum: 119.
  12. Chandler, Peter J. (December 2011). "Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 18 (2): 203–204.
  13. MacGowan, Iain; Watt, Kenneth (1994). "A further record of Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a review of its known distribution in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 26–29.
  14. Stubbs, Alan E. (2012). "Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975 (Diptera: Syrphidae), in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 102.
  15. Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Scaeva dignota (Rondani, (Diptera: Syrphidae), New to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 20 (2): 151–152.
  16. ^ Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1989). "Sur plusieurs especes de Sphaerophoria (Dipt., Syrphidae) nouvelles ou meconnues des regions palearctique et nearctique". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 62: 41–66.
  17. Plant, Colin. W. (1990). "Sphaerophoria bankowskae Goeldlin, 1989 (Syrphidae) recorded in mainland Britain" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. 3. Dipterists Forum: 32–33. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  18. Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. (1974). "Contribution a l'etude systematique et ecologique des Syrphidae (Dipt.) de la Suisse occidentale". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 47 (3–4): 151–252.
  19. Speight, Martin C. D. (1989). "Sphaerophoria fatarum in the British Isles (Syrphidae)" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. 2. Dipterists Forum: 34. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  20. Claussen, C. (1984). "Sphaerophoria potentillae n. sp. - eine neue Syrphiden-Art aus Nordwestdeutschland (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 94 (17): 245–250. ISSN 0013-8843.
  21. Stubbs, Alan E. (1989). "An additional British Sphaerophoria discovered in Devon" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. First Series. 2. Dipterists Forum: 34–35. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  22. Parker, M. J. (2001). "Cheilosia ahenea von Roser (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Great Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 8 (1): 24–26.
  23. Collins, G. A. & Halstead, A. J. (August 2008). "Cheilosia caerulescens (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 15 (1): 23–26.
  24. Falk, Steven (2002). "Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (2): 87–93.
  25. Drake, C. Martin (2006). "Orthonevra intermedia Lundbeck, 1916 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 13 (2): 87–91.
  26. Stubbs, Alan (1994). "Sphegina (Asiosphegina) sibirica Stackelberg, 1953 a new species and sub-genus of hoverfly (Diptera. Syrphidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 1 (1): 23–25.
  27. Stuke, Jens-Hermann (1996). "Helophilus affmis new to the British Isles (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 3 (1): 45–46.
  28. Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 2. 20 (1). Dipterists Forum: 15–16.
  29. Irwin, A.G. (2012). "The hoverfly Platynochaetus setosus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), found alive in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 99.
  30. Thornhill, Alan; Pennards, Gerard W.A.; Morris, Roger K.A. (2022). "Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 29 (1): 84–86.
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