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Common Flower Flies
Syrphus
Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies. It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter. (as well as hairs on the rear margin of the calypter as in most Syrphini)
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus ribesii
Black-margined Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus opinator
Hairy-eyed Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus torvus
Yellow-legged Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus rectus
Eastern Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus knabi
Black-thighed Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus vitripennis
Syrphus octomaculatus
speciesSyrphus octomaculatus
Syrphus reedi
speciesSyrphus reedi
Syrphus phaeostigma
speciesSyrphus phaeostigma
Syrphus shorae
speciesSyrphus shorae
Yellow-margined Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus attenuatus
Syrphus sargoides
speciesSyrphus sargoides
Curran's Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus currani
Six-spotted Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus sexmaculatus
Syrphus nitidifrons
speciesSyrphus nitidifrons
Syrphus admirandus
speciesSyrphus admirandus
Southern Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus sonorensis
Syrphus conjunctus
speciesSyrphus conjunctus
Syrphus dubius
speciesSyrphus dubius
Syrphus auberti
speciesSyrphus auberti
Syrphus serarius
speciesSyrphus serarius
Syrphus morna
speciesSyrphus morna
Yellow-faced Flower Fly
speciesSyrphus intricatus
Syrphus chiquitensis
speciesSyrphus chiquitensis
Syrphus calceata
speciesSyrphus calceata
Syrphus statzi
speciesSyrphus statzi
Syrphus euphemus
speciesSyrphus euphemus
Syrphus reciprocus
speciesSyrphus reciprocus
Syrphus haidingeri
speciesSyrphus haidingeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52489.