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Species

Subgenus '' Exallandra''

* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910) * '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843

Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''

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Sphaerophoria beattiei ''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' is a species of hoverfly belonging to the genus '' Sphaerophoria''. It is endemic to the island of Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote ...

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, South Atlantic *'' Sphaerophoria quadrituberculata'' Bezzi, 1915 *'' Sphaerophoria retrocurva'' Hull, 1944

Subgenus ''Sphaerophoria''

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Sphaerophoria abbreviata ''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies. Species Subgenus '' Exallandra'' * '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910) * '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana'' *'' Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Do ...

Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...

, 1849 *'' Sphaerophoria assamensis'' Joseph, 1970 *'' Sphaerophoria asymmetrica'' Knutson, 1973 *'' Sphaerophoria bankowskae'' Goeldlin, 1989 *'' Sphaerophoria batava'' Goeldlin, 1974 *'' Sphaerophoria bifurcata'' Knutson, 1972 *'' Sphaerophoria boreoalpina'' Goeldlin, 1989 *'' Sphaerophoria brevipilosa'' Knutson, 1972 *'' Sphaerophoria chongjini'' Bankowska, 1964 *''

Sphaerophoria cleoae ''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies. Species Subgenus '' Exallandra'' * '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910) * '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana'' *'' Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Do ...

'' Metcalf, 1917 *''

Sphaerophoria contigua ''Sphaerophoria contigua'' is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. References Further reading * * * * External links * * Syrphini Insects described in 1847 {{syrphidae-stub ...

'' Macquart, 1847 *'' Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis'' Curran, 1921 *'' Sphaerophoria estebani'' Goeldlin, 1991 *'' Sphaerophoria fatarum'' Goeldlin, 1989 *'' Sphaerophoria indiana''

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, 1884 *'' Sphaerophoria infuscata'' Goeldlin, 1974 *'' Sphaerophoria interrupta'' ( Fabricius, 1805) *'' Sphaerophoria kaa'' Violovitsh, 1960 *'' Sphaerophoria laurae'' Goeldlin, 1989 *'' Sphaerophoria longipilosa'' Knutson, 1972 *'' Sphaerophoria macrogaster'' (Thomson, 1869) *'' Sphaerophoria menthastri'' (

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) *'' Sphaerophoria nigra''

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, 1945 *'' Sphaerophoria novaeangliae'' Johnson, 1916 *'' Sphaerophoria philanthus'' ( Meigen, 1822) *'' Sphaerophoria pictipes'' Boheman, 1863 *''

Sphaerophoria potentillae ''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverfly, hoverflies. Species Subgenus ''Exallandra'' * ''Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910) * ''Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana'' *''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg ...

'' Claussen, 1984 *'' Sphaerophoria pyrrhina''

, 1884 *'' Sphaerophoria rueppellii'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) *''

Sphaerophoria scripta ''Sphaerophoria scripta'', the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Hoverfly, Syrphidae. Distribution This species has a worldwide distribution. It can be found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in th ...

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) *'' Sphaerophoria shirchan'' Violovitsh, 1957 *'' Sphaerophoria sulphuripes'' (Thomson, 1869) *'' Sphaerophoria taeniata'' ( Meigen, 1822) *'' Sphaerophoria turkmenica'' Bankowska, 1964 *'' Sphaerophoria tuvinica'' Violovitsh, 1966 *'' Sphaerophoria virgata'' Goeldlin, 1974 *'' Sphaerophoria viridaenea'' Brunnetti, 1915 *'' Sphaerophoria weemsi'' Knutson, 1972

References

Syrphini Muscomorph flies of Europe Diptera of North America Diptera of Africa Hoverfly genera Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville {{Syrphidae-stub