Syrphinae

Syrphinae
Scaeva pyrastri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae Leach, 1815
Tribes
Bacchini Paragini Syrphini Toxomerini

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.

Gallery

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

References

• 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