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Syrphidae: Syrphinae - tribes (in development)

Authors: Even Dankowicz

Last updated: Sept 2018

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Syrphinae

  • Bacchini
  • Paragini
  • Pipizini
  • Syrphini
  • Toxomerini

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Bacchini

  • dorsal thorax entirely bronzed
  • Abdomen more or less parallel-sided,

Platycheirus, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Paragini

  • Bronzed thorax
  • Distinctly pilose eyes
  • Abdomen often reddened

Paragus haemorrhous, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Pipizini

  • Body typically more or less entirely dark, bronzed, abdomen sometimes with subtle spots

Pipiza quadrimaculata, NB, © Stuart Tingley, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC

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Syrphini

  • Body variously patterned; scutellum often at least somewhat yellow

Eupeodes (Metasyrphus), IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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Toxomerini

  • Longitudinal stripe of scutum distinctive
  • scutellum usually at least somewhat yellow, along with laterodorsal thorax
  • triangular indentation on lateral part of posterior eye

Toxomerus politus, IL, © Even Dankowicz / CC BY-NC

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