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.
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Bacchini (incorporating Melanostomatini)
Baccha Baccha elongata (syn. B. obscuripennis) Melanostoma Melanostoma dubium Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma scalare Platycheirus Subgenus Pachysphyria Platycheirus ambiguus Subgenus Platycheirus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus amplus Platycheirus angustatus Platycheirus aurolateralis Platycheirus clypeatus Platycheirus discimanus Platycheirus europaeus Platycheirus fulviventris Platycheirus immarginatus Platycheirus manicatus Platycheirus melanopsis Platycheirus nielseni Platycheirus occultus Platycheirus peltatus Platycheirus perpallidus Platycheirus podagratus Platycheirus ramsaerensis Platycheirus scambus Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus splendidus Platycheirus sticticus Platycheirus tarsalis Subgenus Pyrophaena Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus rosarum Xanthandrus Xanthandrus comtus
Tribe Paragini
Paragus Subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Paragus constrictus Paragus haemorrhous Paragus tibialis Subgenus Paragus Paragus albifrons
Tribe Syrphini (incorporating Chrysotoxini)
Chrysotoxum Chrysotoxum arcuatum Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum elegans Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum octomaculatum Chrysotoxum vernale Chrysotoxum verralli Dasysyrphus Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus friuliensis Dasysyrphus hilaris Dasysyrphus pauxillus Dasysyrphus pinastri Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus venustus Didea Didea alneti Didea fasciata Didea intermedia Doros Doros profuges Epistrophe Subgenus Epistrophe Epistrophe diaphana Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe melanostoma Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe ochrostoma Epistrophella Epistrophella euchromus Episyrphus Episyrphus balteatus Eriozona Subgenus Eriozona Eriozona syrphoides Eupeodes Subgenus Eupeodes Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latilunulatus (bucculatus) Eupeodes lundbecki Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes nielseni Eupeodes nitens Fagisyrphus Fagisyrphus cinctus Lapposyrphus Lapposyrphus lapponicus Leucozona Subgenus Ischyrosyrphus Leucozona glaucia Leucozona laternaria Subgenus Leucozona Leucozona lucorum Megasyrphus Megasyrphus erraticus (syn. Megasyrphus annulipes) Melangyna Melangyna arctica Melangyna barbifrons Melangyna compositarum Melangyna ericarum Melangyna labiatarum Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna quadrimaculata Melangyna umbellatarum Meligramma Meligramma guttatum Meligramma triangulifera Meliscaeva Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva cinctella Parasyrphus Parasyrphus annulatus Parasyrphus lineolus Parasyrphus malinellus Parasyrphus nigritarsis Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus vittiger Philhelius Philhelius citrofasciatus Philhelius pedissequus Philhelius stackelbergi Scaeva Scaeva albomaculata Scaeva dignota Scaeva mecogramma Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva selenitica Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria bankowskae Sphaerophoria batava Sphaerophoria fatarum Sphaerophoria interrupta Sphaerophoria loewi Sphaerophoria philanthus Sphaerophoria potentillae Sphaerophoria rueppellii Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria taeniata Sphaerophoria virgata Syrphus Syrphus ribesii Syrphus torvus Syrphus vitripennis
Subfamily Milesiinae
Tribe Callicerini
Callicera Callicera aurata Callicera rufa Callicera spinolae
Tribe Cheilosiini
Cheilosia Cheilosia ahenea Cheilosia albipila Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia antiqua Cheilosia barbata Cheilosia bergenstammi Cheilosia caerulescens Cheilosia carbonaria Cheilosia chrysocoma Cheilosia cynocephala Cheilosia fraterna Cheilosia griseiventris Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia impressa Cheilosia lasiopa Cheilosia latifrons (syn. C. intonsa) Cheilosia longula Cheilosia mutabilis Cheilosia nebulosa Cheilosia nigripes Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia praecox (syn. C. globulipes) Cheilosia proxima Cheilosia psilophthalma Cheilosia pubera Cheilosia sahlbergi Cheilosia scutellata Cheilosia semifasciata Cheilosia soror Cheilosia uviformis Cheilosia variabilis Cheilosia velutina Cheilosia vernalis Cheilosia vicina (syn. C. nasutula) Cheilosia vulpina Ferdinandea Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea ruficornis Portevinia Portevinia maculata Rhingia Rhingia campestris Rhingia rostrata
Tribe Chrysogastrini
Brachyopa Brachyopa bicolor Brachyopa insensilis Brachyopa pilosa Brachyopa scutellaris Chrysogaster Chrysogaster cemiteriorum (syn. Ch. chalybeata) Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster virescens
Hammerschmidtia Hammerschmidtia ferruginea Lejogaster Subgenus Liogaster Lejogaster metallina Lejogaster tarsata (syn. L. splendida) Melanogaster Melanogaster aerosa Melanogaster hirtella Myolepta Myolepta dubia Myolepta potens Neoascia Subgenus Neoascia Neoascia podagrica Neoascia tenur Subgenus Neoasciella Neoascia geniculata Neoascia interrupta Neoascia meticulosa Neoascia obliqua Orthonevra Orthonevra brevicornis Orthonevra geniculata Orthonevra intermedia Orthonevra nobilis Riponnensia Riponnensia splendens Sphegina Subgenus Asiosphegina Sphegina sibirica Subgenus Sphegina Sphegina clunipes Sphegina elegans (syn. Sphegina kimakowiczi) Sphegina verecunda
Tribe Eristalini
Anasimyia Anasimyia contracta Anasimyia interpuncta Anasimyia lineata Anasimyia lunulata Anasimyia transfuga Eristalinus Subgenus Eristalinus Eristalinus sepulchralis Subgenus Lathyrophthalmus Eristalinus aeneus Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis Eristalis abusiva Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis cryptarum Eristalis horticola Eristalis interruptus Eristalis intricarius Eristalis pertinax Eristalis rupium Eristalis similis Subgenus Eristalis Eristalis tenax Helophilus Helophilus affinis Helophilus groenlandicus Helophilus hybridus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus trivittatus Lejops Lejops vittatus Mallota Mallota cimbiciformis Myathropa Myathropa florea Parhelophilus Parhelophilus consimilis Parhelophilus frutetorum Parhelophilus versicolor
Tribe Merodontini (incorporating Eumerini)
Eumerus Eumerus funeralis Eumerus ornatus Eumerus sabulonum Eumerus sogdianus Eumerus strigatus Merodon Merodon equestris Platynochaetus Platynochaetus setosus (accidental import on vegetables) Psilota Psilota anthracina
Tribe Pelecocerini
Chamaesyrphus Chamaesyrphus caledonicus Chamaesyrphus scaevoides Pelecocera Pelecocera tricincta
Tribe Pipizini
Heringia Subgenus Heringia Heringia heringi Subgenus Neocnemodon Heringia brevidens Heringia latitarsis Heringia pubescens Heringia verrucula Heringia vitripennis Pipiza Pipiza austriaca Pipiza bimaculata Pipiza fenestrata Pipiza lugubris Pipiza luteitarsis Pipiza noctiluca Pipizella Pipizella maculipennis Pipizella virens Trichopsomyia Trichopsomyia flavitarsis Triglyphus Triglyphus primus
Tribe Sericomyiini
Arctophila Arctophila superbiens (syn. A. fulva) Sericomyia Sericomyia lappona Sericomyia silentis
Tribe Volucellini
Volucella Volucella bombylans Volucella inanis Volucella inflata Volucella pellucens Volucella zonaria
Tribe Xylotini
Blera Blera fallax Brachypalpoides Brachypalpoides lentus Brachypalpus Brachypalpus laphriformis Caliprobola Caliprobola speciosa Chalcosyrphus Subgenus Xylotina Chalcosyrphus nemorum Subgenus Xylotodes Chalcosyrphus eunotus Subgenus Xylotomima Chalcosyrphus piger Criorhina Criorhina asilica Criorhina berberina Criorhina floccosa Criorhina ranunculi Pocota Pocota personata Syritta Syritta pipiens Tropidia Tropidia scita Xylota Xylota abiens Xylota coeruleiventris Xylota florum Xylota jakutorum Xylota segnis Xylota sylvarum Xylota tarda Xylota xanthocnema
Subfamily Microdontinae
Microdon Microdon analis (syn. M. eggeri) Microdon devius Microdon mutabilis Microdon myrmicae
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