List of hoverfly species of Great 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,[1] 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)[1] are not included below.
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Subfamily Syrphinae[edit]
Tribe Bacchini (incorporating Melanostomatini)[edit]
- Baccha
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- Baccha elongata[2] (syn. B. obscuripennis)
- Platycheirus
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- Subgenus Pachysphyria
- Subgenus Platycheirus
- Platycheirus albimanus[2]
- Platycheirus amplus[3]
- Platycheirus angustatus[2]
- Platycheirus aurolateralis[4]
- Platycheirus clypeatus[2]
- Platycheirus discimanus[2]
- Platycheirus europaeus[2][5]
- Platycheirus fulviventris[2]
- Platycheirus immarginatus[2]
- Platycheirus manicatus[2]
- Platycheirus melanopsis[2]
- Platycheirus nielseni[2][6]
- Platycheirus occultus[2][5]
- Platycheirus peltatus[2]
- Platycheirus perpallidus[2]
- Platycheirus podagratus[2]
- Platycheirus ramsaerensis[2][5][7]
- Platycheirus scambus[2]
- Platycheirus scutatus[2]
- Platycheirus splendidus[8]
- Platycheirus sticticus[2]
- Platycheirus tarsalis[2]
- Subgenus Pyrophaena
Tribe Paragini[edit]
- Paragus
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- Subgenus Pandasyopthalmus
- Subgenus Paragus
Tribe Syrphini (incorporating Chrysotoxini)[edit]
- Eriozona
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- Subgenus Eriozona
- Leucozona
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- Subgenus Ischyrosyrphus
- Subgenus Leucozona
- Megasyrphus
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- Megasyrphus erraticus[2][12] (syn. Megasyrphus annulipes)
- Sphaerophoria
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- Sphaerophoria bankowskae[2][9][16][17]
- Sphaerophoria batava[2][18]
- Sphaerophoria fatarum[2][9][16][19]
- Sphaerophoria interrupta[2]
- Sphaerophoria loewi[2]
- Sphaerophoria philanthus[2]
- Sphaerophoria potentillae [2][9][20][21]
- Sphaerophoria rueppellii[2]
- Sphaerophoria scripta[2]
- Sphaerophoria taeniata[2]
- Sphaerophoria virgata [2]
Subfamily Milesiinae[edit]
Tribe Callicerini[edit]
Tribe Cheilosiini[edit]
- Cheilosia
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- Cheilosia ahenea[22]
- Cheilosia albipila[2]
- Cheilosia albitarsis[2]
- Cheilosia antiqua[2]
- Cheilosia barbata[2]
- Cheilosia bergenstammi[2]
- Cheilosia caerulescens[23]
- Cheilosia carbonaria[2]
- Cheilosia chrysocoma[2]
- Cheilosia cynocephala[2]
- Cheilosia fraterna[2]
- Cheilosia griseiventris[2]
- Cheilosia grossa[2]
- Cheilosia illustrata[2]
- Cheilosia impressa[2]
- Cheilosia lasiopa[2][Note 5]
- Cheilosia latifrons[2] (syn. C. intonsa)
- Cheilosia longula[2]
- Cheilosia mutabilis[2]
- Cheilosia nebulosa[2]
- Cheilosia nigripes[2]
- Cheilosia pagana[2]
- Cheilosia praecox[2] (syn. C. globulipes)
- Cheilosia proxima[2]
- Cheilosia psilophthalma[2][24]
- Cheilosia pubera[2]
- Cheilosia sahlbergi[2]
- Cheilosia scutellata[2]
- Cheilosia semifasciata[2]
- Cheilosia soror[2]
- Cheilosia uviformis[2]
- Cheilosia variabilis[2]
- Cheilosia velutina[2]
- Cheilosia vernalis[2]
- Cheilosia vicina[2] (syn. C. nasutula)
- Cheilosia vulpina[2]
Tribe Chrysogastrini[edit]
- Chrysogaster
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- Chrysogaster cemiteriorum[2] (syn. Ch. chalybeata)
- Chrysogaster solstitialis[2]
- Chrysogaster virescens[2]
- Lejogaster
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- Subgenus Liogaster
- Lejogaster metallina[2]
- Lejogaster tarsata[2] (syn. L. splendida)
- Subgenus Liogaster
- Neoascia
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- Subgenus Neoascia
- Subgenus Neoasciella
- Sphegina
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- Subgenus Asiosphegina
- Subgenus Sphegina
- Sphegina clunipes[2]
- Sphegina elegans[2] (syn. Sphegina kimakowiczi)
- Sphegina verecunda[2]
Tribe Eristalini[edit]
- Eristalinus
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- Subgenus Eristalinus
- Subgenus Lathyrophthalmus
Tribe Merodontini (incorporating Eumerini)[edit]
- Platynochaetus
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- Platynochaetus setosus (accidental import on vegetables)[29]
Tribe Pelecocerini[edit]
Tribe Pipizini[edit]
- Heringia
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- Subgenus Heringia
- Subgenus Neocnemodon
Tribe Sericomyiini[edit]
- Arctophila
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- Arctophila superbiens[2] (syn. A. fulva)
Tribe Volucellini[edit]
Tribe Xylotini[edit]
- Chalcosyrphus
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- Subgenus Xylotina
- Subgenus Xylotodes
- Subgenus Xylotomima
Subfamily Microdontinae[edit]
- Microdon
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- Microdon analis[2] (syn. M. eggeri)
- Microdon devius[2]
- Microdon mutabilis[2]
- Microdon myrmicae[31]
Notes[edit]
- ^ listed as D. lunulatus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed as D. conopseus by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ Metasyrphus of Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as C. aenea
- ^ listed as C. honesta by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ included in Chrysogaster in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed as Chrysogaster macquarti in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed as M. luteola in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed as E. nemorum by Stubbs & Falk (1983)
- ^ listed in Stubbs & Falk (1983) as B. lenta
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz 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) - ^ Grayson, Andrew (2002). "Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to England". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (1): 87–93.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Vockeroth, J. R. (1990). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Canadian Entomologist. 122 (4): 659–766. doi:10.4039/Ent122659-7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rotheray, G. E. (1998). "Platycheirus splendidus sp. n. from Britain formerly confused with Platycheirus scutatus (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologist's Gazette. 49 (4): 271–276.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parker, Mick (2013). "An additional British site for Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston) (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 20 (2). Dipterists Forum: 119.
- ^ Chandler, Peter J. (December 2011). "Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 18 (2): 203–204.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. (2012). "Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975 (Diptera: Syrphidae), in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 102.
- ^ Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Scaeva dignota (Rondani, (Diptera: Syrphidae), New to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 20 (2): 151–152.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Claussen, C. (1984). "Sphaerophoria potentillae n. sp. - eine neue Syrphiden-Art aus Nordwestdeutschland (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 94 (17): 245–250. ISSN 0013-8843.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parker, M. J. (2001). "Cheilosia ahenea von Roser (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Great Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 8 (1): 24–26.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Falk, Steven (2002). "Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 9 (2): 87–93.
- ^ Drake, C. Martin (2006). "Orthonevra intermedia Lundbeck, 1916 (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 13 (2): 87–91.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stuke, Jens-Hermann (1996). "Helophilus affmis new to the British Isles (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 3 (1): 45–46.
- ^ Wright, Adam S. (2013). "Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to Britain". Dipterists Digest. 2. 20 (1). Dipterists Forum: 15–16.
- ^ Irwin, A.G. (2012). "The hoverfly Platynochaetus setosus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), found alive in Britain". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 19 (1): 99.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schönrogge, K.; Barr, B.; Wardlaw, J. C.; Napper, E.; Gardner, M. G.; Breen, J.; Elmes, G. W.; Thomas, J. A. (2002). "When rare species become endangered: cryptic speciation in myrmecophilous hoverflies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 75 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2002.tb02070.x.
Bibliography[edit]
- Ball, Stuart; Morris, Roger (2013). Britain's Hoverflies: An Introduction to the Hoverflies of Britain. Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-691-15659-0.
- Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xv. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.