Syrphus Fabricius 1775 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus 1-832

Parent taxon: Syrphini according to X. Mengual et al. 2015

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1921, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Hull 1945, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Scudder 1878, Statz 1940 and Werner 1969

Sister taxa: Asarcina, Asarkina, Epistrophe, Eupeodes, Leucozona

Subtaxa: Syrphus aphidopsidis Syrphus carpenteri Syrphus eocenicus Syrphus euphemus Syrphus haidingeri Syrphus hendersoni Syrphus infumatus Syrphus lithaphidis Syrphus petrographicus Syrphus platychiralis Syrphus reciprocus Syrphus statzi Syrphus willistoni

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Miocene of Croatia (2), Italy (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)

• Eocene of United States (10: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences

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