BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syrphidae | Pupa | 29 June 2006 | East Sussex | England | 11 |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subfamily | MICRODONTINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 3 | |||||
| Genus | Microdon (a genus of hoverflies) | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| Subfamily | MILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 97 | |||||
| Tribe | Callicerini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Tribe | Cheilosiini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 24 | 17 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| Tribe | Chrysogastrini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 37 | ||
| Tribe | Eristalini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 15 | 98 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Tribe | Merodontini (bulb flies) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 15 | |
| Tribe | Pipizini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 9 | 18 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Tribe | Sericomyiini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 3 | 25 | 2 | |||
| Tribe | Volucellini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 6 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tribe | Xylotini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 18 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 34 | |
| Subfamily | SYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 52 | |||||
| Tribe | Bacchini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 14 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 22 | |
| Tribe | Paragini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tribe | Syrphini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 37 | 109 | 108 | 6 | 96 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Photos of Insects: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm | Web Site/Page |
| Coe, R.L., 1953 | Diptera: Syrphidae |
| Gilbert, F.S., 1993 | Hoverflies |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1989 (Keys to larvae and to adults of aphidivorous species. In first couplet of larvae key: translucent larvae count as "otherwise coloured". ) |
Aphid Predators |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
| Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J., 1983 | British Hoverflies (ed 1) |
| Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J., 2002 | British Hoverflies (ed 2) |
| Stubbs, A.E., 1986 | British Hoverflies - 1st Supplement |
| Stubbs, A.E., 1996 | British Hoverflies - 2nd supplement |
General Works
| Syrphidae mailing list: http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/syrphidae | E-forum |
| UK Hoverflies discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UK-Hoverflies | E-forum |
| Hoverfly Recording Scheme: http://www.hoverfly.org.uk | Web Site/Page |
| Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G., 2002 | An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme |
SYRPHIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
SYRPHIDAE is associated with:
 |
larva | Gastrophysa viridula - Green Dock Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | larva is predator of larva | Cox, M.L., 2007 |
There may be more taxa associated with Syrphidae listed at higher taxonomic level
|
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
Associated with SYRPHIDAE:
Syrphidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
References
| Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland |
| Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 | A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna |
| Hawkins, R.D., 1985 | Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild |
