Subfamily Eristalinae Newman 1834 (hover fly)
Synonyms: Cheilosinae Williston 1885, Chilosinae Williston 1885, Milesiinae Rondani 1845
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Syrphidae according to J. Hadrava et al. 2019
See also Hull 1945, Hull 1949, Kotthoff and Schmid 2005, Mengual et al. 2015, Shannon 1922 and Statz 1940
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Brachyopini Eoxylota Eristalini Merodontini Milesiini Rhingiini Volucellini Xylotini
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