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Syrphinae

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Syrphinae Latreille p. 449
1834Chrysotoxinae Newman p. 394
1940Syrphinae Statz p. 141
1945Syrphinae Hull p. 258
1945Chrysotoxinae Hull p. 326
1949Syrphinae Hull p. 280
1949Chrysotoxinae Hull p. 303
2003Syrphinae Wappler p. 159
2015Syrphinae Mengual et al.
2020Syrphinae Ngô-Muller and Nel p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilySyrphinae
subfamilySyrphinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Syrphinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Bacchini Williston 1885
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G. Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville 1825
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Platycheirus freyeri Heer 1849
Platycheirus lethaeus Melander 1949
G. †Eoxanthandrus Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
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Eoxanthandrus garroustei Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
Tr. Syrphini Latreille 1802
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G. Asarcina Macquart 1842
G. Asarkina Macquart 1842
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Asarkina quadrata Scudder 1878
G. Epistrophe Walker 1852
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Epistrophe kastenholzi Statz 1940
G. Eupeodes Osten Sacken 1877
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Subg. Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) Matsumura 1917
G. Leucozona Shiner 1860
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Leucozona nigra Hull 1945
G. Syrphus Fabricius 1775
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Syrphus aphidopsidis Cockerell 1909
Syrphus carpenteri Hull 1945
Syrphus eocenicus Cockerell 1925
Syrphus euphemus von Heyden 1870
Syrphus haidingeri Heer 1849
Syrphus hendersoni James 1932
Syrphus infumatus Heer 1849
Syrphus lithaphidis Cockerell 1921
Syrphus platychiralis Hull 1945
Syrphus reciprocus Förster 1891
Syrphus statzi van der Goot 1964
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Invalid names: Syrphus aeneus Statz 1940 [replaced]
Syrphus willistoni Cockerell 1909
Invalid names: Chrysotoxinae Newman 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Blancan or 51.10000 to 1.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Syrphus lithaphidis (105004)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Syrphus eocenicus (114007) Syrphus hendersoni (152078)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Milesia quadrata (121306) Syrphus sp. (121322)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Eoxanthandrus garroustei (123936)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Leucozona nigra, Protochrysotoxum sphinx (123119) Platycheirus lethaeus (122629) Platycheirus lethaeus, Syrphus willistoni (106381) Syrphus aphidopsidis (122742) Syrphus petrographicus, Syrphus willistoni (132748) Syrphus willistoni (106379 113749) Syrphus willistoni, Syrphus platychiralis, Syrphus carpenteri (106384)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Syrphus freyeri, Syrphus reciprocus (121476)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Epistrophe kastenholzi, Syrphus aeneus (122010)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Colorado) Platycheirus persistens (121977)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Syrphus sp., Syrphus euphemus (123945)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Platycheirus haidingeri (156759) Platycheirus infumatus (113698) Syrphus freyeri, Syrphus geminatus, Syrphus haidingeri (117761) Syrphus infumatus (117250)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Syrphus sp. (113751)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Syrphus sp. (154909)