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Syrphini

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Syrphini was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Syrphus.

It was assigned to Syrphinae by Hull (1949) and Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Syrphini Latreille p. 449
1949Syrphini Hull p. 284
2015Syrphini 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()
subfamilySyrphinae
tribeSyrphini
tribeSyrphini

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.

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
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Blancan or 50.30000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Syrphus lithaphidis (105004)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Milesia quadrata (121306) Syrphus sp. (121322)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Syrphus eocenicus (114007) Syrphus hendersoni (152078)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Leucozona nigra (123119) Syrphus aphidopsidis (122742) Syrphus petrographicus, Syrphus willistoni (132748) Syrphus willistoni (106379 106381 113749) Syrphus willistoni, Syrphus platychiralis, Syrphus carpenteri (106384)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Syrphus reciprocus (121476)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Syrphus sp., Syrphus euphemus (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Epistrophe kastenholzi, Syrphus aeneus (122010)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Syrphus haidingeri (117761) Syrphus infumatus (117250)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Syrphus sp. (113751)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Syrphus sp. (154909)