Syrphus

Syrphus ribesii (♀), Portugal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Tribus: Syrphini
Genus: Syrphus

Species: S. attenuatus – S. knabi – S. lacyorum – S. opinator – S. octomaculatus – S. pallipes – S. phaeostigma – S. poecilogaster – S. rectus – S. reedi – S. ribesii – S. sexmaculatus – S. shorae – S. sonorensis – S. torvus – S. vitripennis – S. vockerothi
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Name

Syrphus Fabricius, 1775

Type species:

• Musca lucorum Linnaeus, 1758, subsequent designation by Curtis 1839: 753 (n.b., 753 is not the page number)
  • Same as the type of Leucozona Schiner, 1860. Generally not accepted as the type of Syrphus by authors
• Musca ribesii Linnaeus, 1758, subsequent designation by Rondani 1844: 459
  • Generally accepted as the "de facto" type. See Sabrosky, 1999: 295—noted as "ICZN action needed"

Synonymy

• Syrphus Fabricius, 1775: 762
• Sirphus Rondani, 1856: 51
  • Type species: Musca ribesii Linnaeus, by original designation

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Curtis, J. 1839. British Entomology, being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland; containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plant upon which they are found. Vol. VIII. Diptera. Omaloptera. - printed for the author (London). BHL Reference page. 
• Rondani, C. 1845. Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [concl.]. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali (2) 2: 443–459. [18 January] BHL Reference page. 
• Sabrosky, C.W. 1999. Family-Group Names in Diptera. Pp. 1–360. In: Thompson, F.C. (ed.). Family-group names in Diptera and Bibliography. Myia 10: 576 pp. ISBN 978-90-5782-026-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C., Thompson, B.J. & Fairman, J.E. 2000. Only in Costa Rica: New Neotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Studia dipterologica 7(1): 33–43. hdl: 10088/17493 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H., Locke, M.M., Young, A.D., Moran, K.M., Crins, W.J. & Marshall, S.A. 2019. Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides 118. Princeton University Press. 515 pp. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv7xbrvz JSTOR ISBN 978-0691189406 (print) ISBN 978-0691192512 (ebook) Reference page. 

Links

• Nomenclator Detail Record. Syrphus Fabricius, 1775: 762. Record #24405. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.0, last updated 3 February 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 31 March 2025.

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Syrphus. Accessed: 2025 Mar 31.