List of flower fly species of North America

There are more than 870 species of flower fly (Syrphidae) in North America . The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects.

Family Syrphidae

Subfamily Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805

Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)

Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

78 species

Tribe Paragini

Genus Paragus Latreille

Tribe Pipizini

Genus Pipiza FallÃÂ©n

Pipiza crassipes (Bigot, 1884)
Pipiza cribbeni (Coovert, 1996)
Pipiza davidsoni (Curran, 1921)
Pipiza distincta (Curran, 1921)
Pipiza femoralis (Loew, 1866)
Pipiza macrofemoralis(Curran, 1921)
Pipiza nigripilosa (Williston, 1887)
Pipiza puella( Williston, 1887)
Pipiza quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1802)

Genus Heringia Rondani, 1856

Heringia calcarata Loew, 1866
Heringia latitarsis (Egger, 1865)

Genus Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888

Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849
Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907)
Trichopsomyia banksi (Curran, 1921)
Trichopsomyia litoralis Vockeroth, 1988
Trichopsomyia nigritarsis (Curran, 1924)
Trichopsomyia occidentalis (Townsend, 1897)
Trichopsomyia pubescens (Loew, 1863)
Trichopsomyia recedens (Walker, 1852)
Trichopsomyia rufithoracica (Curran, 1921)
Trichopsomyia similis (Curran, 1924)

Tribe Syrphini

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken

5 species

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen

13 species

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein

14 species

Genus Didea Macquart

2 species

Didea alneti
Didea fuscipes

Genus Dioprosopa Hull, 1949

Dioprosopa clavata

Genus Doros Meigen

Doros aequalis

Genus Epistrophe Walker

Genus Epistrophella

Epistrophella emarginata

Genus Eriozona Schiner

Eriozona laxa

Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken

21 Species

Genus Lapposyrphus

Genus Leucozona Schiner

Leucozona americana
Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leucozona velutina
Leucozona xylotoides

Genus Melangyna Verrall

Melangyna arctica
Melangyna fisherii
Melangyna labiatarum
Melangyna lasiophthalma
Melangyna subfasciata
Melangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Melangyna umbellatarum

Genus Meligramma Frey

Genus Meliscaeva Frey

Meliscaeva cinctella

Genus Ocyptamus Macquart

14 species

Genus Orphnabaccha Vockeroth, 1969

Orphnabaccha coerulea (Williston, 1891)
Orphnabaccha jactator (Loew, 1861)

Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura

Parasyrphus currani (Fluke, 1935)
Parasyrphus genualis (Williston, 1887)
Parasyrphus groenlandicus (Nielsen, 1910)
Parasyrphus insolitus (Osburn, 1908)
Parasyrphus macularis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Parasyrphus melanderi(Curran, 1925)
Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Parasyrphus relictus (Zetterstedt)
Parasyrphus semiinterruptus (Fluke, 1935)
Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Parasyrphus vockerothi (Thompson, 2012)

Genus Philhelius

Philhelius flavipes

Genus Salpingogaster Schiner

Genus Scaeva

Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva selenitica

Genus Sphaerophoria

13 species

Genus Syrphus

11 species

Tribe Toxomerini

Genus Toxomerus

23 species

Subfamily Microdontinae

Genus Aristosyrphus

Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008 Ã¢ÂÂ Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Genus Carreramyia

Carreramyia megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)

Genus Microdon

29 species

Genus Mixogaster

Key to North American species

Mixogaster delongi (Hull, 1926)
Mixogaster johnsoni (Hull, 1941)
Mixogaster breviventris (Kahl, 1897)
Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)

Genus Omegasyrphus

Omegasyrphus pallipennis (Curran, 1925)

Genus Peradon

Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)

Genus Pseudomicrodon

Pseudomicrodon claripennis (Hine, 1914)

Genus Rhopalosyrphus

Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch ArribÃÂ¡lzaga, 1891)
Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003,

Genus Ubristes

Ubristes jaguarinus Reemer, 2013

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Brachyopini

Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822

17 species

Genus Myolepta

8 species

Myolepta auricaudata (Williston, 1891)
Myolepta aurinota (Hine, 1903)
Myolepta camillae Weems, 1956
Myolepta cornellia ([Shannon, 1923)
Myolepta lunulata Bigot, 1884
Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1972)
Myolepta strigilata (Loew, 1872)
Myolepta varipes (Loew, 1869)

Genus Neoascia

Neoascia distincta Williston, 1887
Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822)
Neoascia globosa (Walker, 1849)
Neoascia metallica (Williston, 1882)
Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)
Neoascia sphaerophoria Curran, 1925
Neoascia subchalybea Curran, 1925
Neoascia tenur (Harris, 1780) The Black-kneed Fen Fly is a common species that was formerly considered to be only European now considered to be throughout North America and Canada.
N. unifasciata (Strobl, 1898)
Neoascia willistoni Thompson, 1986