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Helophilus

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Helophilus was named by Meigen (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eristalinae by Hull (1945); to Helophilini by Hull (1949); and to Helophilina by Kotthoff and Schmid (2005) and Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Helophilus Meigen
1945Helophilus Hull p. 332
1949Helophilus Hull p. 386
2005Helophilus Kotthoff and Schmid p. 1092
2015Helophilus Mengual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeEristalini
subtribeHelophilina
genusHelophilusMeigen 1822

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.

G. Helophilus Meigen 1822
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Helophilus nothobombus Kotthoff and Schmid 2005
Helophilus villeneuvi Theobald 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available