Austrophilus

Austrophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:	Helophilina
Genus:	Austrophilus ; Thompson, 2000.
Type species
	Helophilus terraereginae ; Ferguson, 1926

Last updated December 15, 2025

Austrophilus is a genus of hoverflies. There are 5 known species, all found in the Australia region. Austrophilus is closely related to Habromyia .^[1]

Species

Austrophilus helophiloides (Walker, 1861)
Austrophilus laticornis (Bigot, 1884)
Austrophilus necopinus Thompson, 2000
Austrophilus obscurus Thompson, 2000
Austrophilus terraereginae (Ferguson, 1926)

References

1 2 Thompson, F. Christian (2000). "A new genus of Australasian Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Studia Dipterologgica. 7: 373–384. ISSN 0945-3954. Archived from the original (PDF Adobe Acrobat) on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-16.

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[Thompson2000-1] 1 2 Thompson, F. Christian (2000). "A new genus of Australasian Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Studia Dipterologgica. 7: 373–384. ISSN 0945-3954. Archived from the original (PDF Adobe Acrobat) on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2009-09-16.

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