Pyrophaena

Pyrophaena is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Platycheirus^[1] distinctive enough to sometimes treated as a separate genus in its own right.^[2] Indeed a recent study of the phylogeny of the subfamily Syrphinae^[3] found it to be closer to other certain other genera – Rohdendorfia, Syrphocheilosia and Spazigaster. Since only a few species were sampled the true systematic structure must await a more thorough survey of Platycheirus and related genera.

Pyrophaena
Platycheirus rosarum male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae
Tribe:	Bacchini
Genus:	Platycheirus
Subgenus:	Pyrophaena

Species

• Platycheirus granditarsus (Forster, 1771)
• Platycheirus rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)