Syrphini
(a tribe of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Chrysotoxum
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 35 images 1 ident. refs
Dasysyrphus
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 35 images 3 ident. refs
Epistrophe
a genus of hoverflies
(Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 25 images
Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly
(Click to open)
 		Species 27 images 1 ident. refs
Eupeodes
a genus of hoverflies
(Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 68 images
Leucozona
a genus of hoverflies
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 41 images
Melangyna
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 28 images
Meligramma
a genus of flies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Meliscaeva auricollis
a hoverfly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 2 subtaxa 32 images
Parasyrphus
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
Scaeva
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 56 images
Sphaerophoria
a genus of hoverflies
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 73 images
Syrphus
a genus of hoverflies
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 61 images
Xanthogramma
a genus of hoverflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 35 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Syrphini (a tribe of hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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