Syrphinae

Syrphinae
	Scaeva pyrastri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	; Leach, 1815
Tribes
	Bacchini; Melanostomini; Syrphini;

The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species.^[2]

Gallery

Melanostoma sp.
Platycheirus albimanus (male)
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Sphaerophoria sp. (female)
Syrphus sp. (male)
Toxomerus marginatus
Larva of Syrphus sp. feeding on aphids
Puparium of Eupeodes americanus

References

^ Mengual, Ximo (2020-02-27). "Phylogenetic relationships of the bacchine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular characters, with a description of a new species of Melanostoma (Schiner, 1860)". Contributions to Zoology. 89 (2): 210–244. doi:10.1163/18759866-20191410. ISSN 1383-4517.
^ "Subfamily Syrphinae".

Bugguide.net Subfamily Syrphinae
[1] Encyclopedia of Life
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society The phylogeny and systematics of European predacious Syrphidae (Diptera) based on larval and puparial stages
Annual Review of Entomology Bionomics and Physiology of Aphidophagous Syrphidae

[1] Mengual, Ximo (2020-02-27). "Phylogenetic relationships of the bacchine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular characters, with a description of a new species of Melanostoma (Schiner, 1860)". Contributions to Zoology. 89 (2): 210–244. doi:10.1163/18759866-20191410. ISSN 1383-4517.

[2] "Subfamily Syrphinae".

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