Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology. Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym.
Species
- Philhelius anisomorphum <small>(Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)</small>
- Philhelius caucasicus <small>(Violovitsh, 1975)</small>
- Philhelius citrofasciatus <small>(De Geer, 1776)</small>
- Philhelius coreanus <small>(Shiraki, 1930)</small>
- Philhelius dives <small>(Rondani, 1857)</small>
- Philhelius evanescens <small>(Becker & Stein 19137)</small>
- Philhelius flavipes <small>(Loew, 1863)</small>
- Philhelius hissaricus <small>(Violovitsh, 1975)</small>
- Philhelius kirgiristanus <small>(Enderlein 19387)</small>
- Philhelius laetus <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- Philhelius maculipennis <small>(Mik, 1887)</small>
- Philhelius marginalis <small>(Loew, 1854)</small>
- Philhelius pedissequus <small>(Harris, 1778)</small>
- Philhelius qinlingensis <small>(Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)</small>
- Philhelius sapporensis <small>(Matsumura, 1916)</small>
- Philhelius seximaculatus <small>(Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)</small>
- Philhelius sichotanus <small>(Violovitsh, 1975)</small>
- Philhelius stackelbergi <small>(Violovitsh, 1975)</small>
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