BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
|---|
| Syrphidae | Pupa | 11 | 11 | 29 Jun 2006 | East Sussex | England |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|
 |
 |
|---|
| Subfamily | MICRODONTINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 1 | 10 | |||
| Subfamily | MILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 55 | ||||
| Tribe | Cheilosiini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 15 | 28 | 66 | 6 | 6 |
| Tribe | Chrysogastrini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Tribe | Eristalini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 13 | 134 | 40 | 3 | 2 |
| Tribe | Merodontini (bulb flies) | 3 | 2 | 33 | 2 | |
| Tribe | Pipizini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Tribe | Sericomyiini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 3 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Tribe | Volucellini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 6 | 50 | 16 | 2 | |
| Tribe | Xylotini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 9 | 52 | 35 | 4 | |
| Subfamily | SYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies) | 27 | ||||
| Tribe | Bacchini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 7 | 13 | 49 | 1 | |
| Tribe | Paragini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tribe | Syrphini (a tribe of hoverflies) | 19 | 169 | 82 | 6 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Coe, R.L., 1953 | Diptera: Syrphidae |
| Photos of Insects: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm | Photos of Insects |
| Gilbert, F.S., 1993 | Hoverflies |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1989 (Key to adults of aphidivorous species. ) | Aphid Predators |
| 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 |
| van Veen, M., 2004 | Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: Identification keys to the Syrphidae |
| British Hoverflies: http://syrphidae.3644.co.uk/ | British Hoverflies |
Larvae | |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1989 (Keys to larvae of aphidivorous species. In first couplet: translucent larvae count as "otherwise coloured". ) |
Aphid Predators |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
Tribes | |
| Ball, S.G., 2008 | Colour Key to the Tribes of the Syrphidae |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 11 general literature references to SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
SYRPHIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 360 feeding and other relationships of SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
