''Sphaerophoria '' is a
genus
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of
hoverflies
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, whi ...
.
Species
Subgenus '' Exallandra''
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Sphaerophoria cinctifacies''
(Speiser, 1910)
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Sphaerophoria loewii
''Sphaerophoria loewii'' is a Palearctic hoverfly. Identification is problematic and this species is little known.
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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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(Doesburg and Doesburg, 1977) Saint Helena
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, South Atlantic
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Sphaerophoria quadrituberculata''
Bezzi, 1915
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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 ...
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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
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Sphaerophoria assamensis''
Joseph, 1970
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Sphaerophoria asymmetrica''
Knutson, 1973
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Sphaerophoria bankowskae
''Sphaerophoria bankowskae'' is a European species of hoverfly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; t ...
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Goeldlin, 1989
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Sphaerophoria batava
''Sphaerophoria batava'' is a Palearctic hoverfly. Identification is problematic and this species is little known.
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Goeldlin, 1974
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Sphaerophoria bifurcata
''Sphaerophoria bifurcata'', the symmetric globetail, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. The larvae of this genus are predators of aphids and other small hymenoptera. The larvae of this particular species is not known. Descrip ...
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Knutson, 1972[
*'']Sphaerophoria boreoalpina
''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies.
Species Subgenus '' Exallandra''
* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910)
* '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
*''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Doe ...
'' Goeldlin, 1989
*''Sphaerophoria brevipilosa
''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies.
Species Subgenus '' Exallandra''
* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910)
* '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
*''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Doe ...
'' Knutson, 1972[
*'']Sphaerophoria chongjini
''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies.
Species Subgenus '' Exallandra''
* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910)
* '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
*''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Doe ...
'' 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
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Syrphini
Insects described in 1847
{{syrphidae-stub ...
'' Macquart, 1847
*'' Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis'' Curran, 1921
*'' Sphaerophoria estebani'' Goeldlin, 1991
*'' Sphaerophoria fatarum'' Goeldlin, 1989
*'' Sphaerophoria indiana'' Bigot
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, 1884
*'' Sphaerophoria infuscata'' Goeldlin, 1974
*'''' ( Fabricius, 1805)
*'' Sphaerophoria kaa'' Violovitsh, 1960
*'' Sphaerophoria laurae'' Goeldlin, 1989
*'' Sphaerophoria longipilosa'' Knutson, 1972[
*'' Sphaerophoria macrogaster'' (Thomson, 1869)
*'']Sphaerophoria menthastri
''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies.
Species Subgenus '' Exallandra''
* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910)
* '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
*''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Doe ...
'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*'' Sphaerophoria nigra'' Frey
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, 1945
*''Sphaerophoria novaeangliae
''Sphaerophoria novaeangliae'' is a species of syrphid fly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the a ...
'' Johnson, 1916
*''Sphaerophoria philanthus
''Sphaerophoria philanthus'' is a species of syrphid fly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adu ...
'' ( 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'' Bigot
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, 1884
*''Sphaerophoria rueppellii
''Sphaerophoria rueppellii'' is a European species of hoverfly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; t ...
'' ( 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 ...
'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*'' Sphaerophoria shirchan'' Violovitsh, 1957
*'' Sphaerophoria sulphuripes'' (Thomson, 1869)
*'' Sphaerophoria taeniata'' ( Meigen, 1822)
*'' Sphaerophoria turkmenica'' Bankowska, 1964
*'' Sphaerophoria tuvinica'' Violovitsh, 1966
*''Sphaerophoria virgata
''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies.
Species Subgenus '' Exallandra''
* '' Sphaerophoria cinctifacies'' (Speiser, 1910)
* '' Sphaerophoria loewii'' Zetterstedt, 1843 Subgenus ''Loveridgeana''
*''Sphaerophoria beattiei'' (Doesburg and Doe ...
'' Goeldlin, 1974
*'' Sphaerophoria viridaenea'' Brunnetti, 1915
*'' Sphaerophoria weemsi'' Knutson, 1972[
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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
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