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There are more than 870 species of flower fly (Syrphidae) in North America . The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects.

Family Syrphidae

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805
Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

70 species

Tribe Paragini

Genus Paragus Latreille

Tribe Pipizini

Genus Pipiza Fallén
Genus Heringia Rondani, 1856
Genus Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken

5 species

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen

13 species

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein

14 species

Genus Didea Macquart

2 species

Genus Dioprosopa Hull, 1949
Genus Doros Meigen
Genus Epistrophe Walker
Genus Epistrophella
Genus Eriozona Schiner
Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken

21 Species

Genus Lapposyrphus
Genus Leucozona Schiner
Genus Melangyna Verrall
Genus Meligramma Frey
Genus Meliscaeva Frey
Genus Ocyptamus Macquart

14 species

Genus Orphnabaccha Vockeroth, 1969
Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura
Genus Philhelius
Genus Salpingogaster Schiner
Genus Scaeva
Genus Sphaerophoria

13 species

Genus Syrphus

11 species

Tribe Toxomerini

Genus Toxomerus

23 species

Subfamily Microdontinae

Genus Aristosyrphus

Genus Carreramyia

Genus Microdon

29 species

Genus Mixogaster

Key to North American species

Genus Omegasyrphus

Genus Peradon

Genus Pseudomicrodon

Genus Rhopalosyrphus

Genus Ubristes

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Brachyopini

Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822

17 species

Genus Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803
Genus Chrysosyrphus Sedman, 1965
Genus Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834
Genus Myolepta

8 species

Genus Neoascia
Genus Orthonevra
Genus Sphegina

Tribe Callicerini

Genus Callicera

Tribe Cerioidini

Genus Ceriana
Genus Monoceromyia
Genus Polybiomyia
Genus Sphiximorpha

Tribe Eristalini

Genus Eristalinus
Genus Eristalis
Genus Helophilus

12 species

Genus Lejops
Genus Mallota

11 species

Genus Meromacrus
Genus Myathropa
Genus Palpada Macquart, 1854
Genus Parhelophilus

Tribe Sericomyini

Genus Sericomyia

14 species

Genus Pyritis

Tribe Merodontini

Genus Eumerus
Genus Merodon
Genus Nausigaster

Tribe Milesini

Genus Blera Billberg, 1820
Genus Brachypalpus
Genus Chalcosyrphus
Genus Criorhina

14 species

Genus Cynorhinella
Genus Hadromyia Williston, 1882
Subgenus Chrysosomidia Curran, 1934
Subgenus Hadromyia Williston, 1882
Genus Merapoides
Genus Milesia

3 species

Genus Palumbia
Genus Pocota
Genus Pterallastes Loew, 1863
Genus Somula Macquart, 1847
Genus Sphecomyia

14 species

Genus Spilomyia

10 species

Genus Syritta
Genus Temnostoma

10 species

Genus Teuchocnemis
Genus Tropidia

8 species

Genus Xylota

29 species

Tribe Rhingiini

Genus Chamaesyrphus
Genus Cheilosia
Genus Ferdinandea
Genus Rhingia
Genus Hiatomyia
  • Hiatomyia canadensis (Shannon, 1922)
  • Hiatomyia chionthrix Hull & fluke 1950
  • Hiatomyia chrysothrix (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia coriacea (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia cyanea (Hunter, 1896)
  • Hiatomyia cyanescens (Loew, 1863)
  • Hiatomyia cyascens (Loew, 1863)
  • Hiatomyia gemini (Shannon, 1922)
  • Hiatomyia hecate (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia hyacintha (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia idahoa (Shannon, 1922)
  • Hiatomyia nigrocyanea (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia niveifrons (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia nyctichroma (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia olivia (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia plumosa (Coquillett, 1904)
  • Hiatomyia plutonia (Hunter, 1897)
  • Hiatomyia rubroflava (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia signatiseta (Hunter, 1896)
  • Hiatomyia tessa (Hull & Fluke, 1950)
  • Hiatomyia townsendi (Hunter, 1896)
  • Hiatomyia willistoni (Snow, 1895)

Tribe Volucellini

Genus Copestylum

82 species

Genus Ornidia
Genus Volucella
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2011)

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