Syrphus

Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies.^[1] It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter (as well as hairs on the rear margin of the calypter as in most Syrphini).^[1]

Syrphus
Syrphus ribesii male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Syrphus Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Musca ribesii Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Syrphidis Goffe, 1933

Image by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy - Life history of Syrphus

Species

• Syrphus annulifemur Mutin, 1997
• Syrphus attenuatus Hine, 1922
• Syrphus currani Fluke, 1939
• Syrphus dimidiatus Macquart, 1834
• Syrphus doesburgi Goot, 1964
• Syrphus intricatus Vockeroth, 1983
• Syrphus knabi Shannon, 1916
• Syrphus laceyorum Thompson, 2000
• Syrphus monoculus (Swederus, 1787)
• Syrphus nitidifrons (Becker, 1921)
• Syrphus opinator Osten Sacken, 1877
• Syrphus octomaculatus Walker, 1837^[2]
• S. phaeostigma Wiedemann, 1830^[3]
• Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875
• Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Syrphus sexmaculatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Syrphus sonorensis Vockeroth, 1983
• Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875
• Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822