Ceriana (fly)

Ceriana
	Ceriana vespiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Cerioidini
Genus:	Ceriana ; Rafinesque, 1815

Last updated February 06, 2026

Ceriana is a genus of hoverfly. All species are wasp mimics.

Systematics

Species include:

C. abbreviata Loew, 1864
C. alboseta (Ferguson, 1926)^[1]
C. ancoralis (Coquillett, 1902)
C. annulifera (Walker, 1861)
C.antipoda (Bigot 1860)^[2]
C.apicalis (Ferguson 1926)^[1]
C.aurata (Curran 1927)
C.australis (Macquart 1850)
C.brevis (Brunetti, 1923)^[3]
C. brunettii (Shannon, 1927)^[4]
C. brunettii (Shannon 1927)
C. brunnea (Hull, 1944)
C. cacica (Walker, 1860)
C. caesarea (Stackelberg, 1928)^[4]
C. caucasica (Paramonov, 1927)^[4]
C. chekiangensis (Ôuchi, 1943)
C. chiefengensis (Ôuchi, 1943)
C. compacta (Brunetti, 1907)
C. conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
C. cylindrica (Curran, 1921)
C. dilatipes (Brunetti, 1929)
C. dimidiatipennis (Brunetti, 1923)^[3]
C. dirickxi (Thompson, 2013)
C. divisa (Walker, 1857)
C. durani (Davidson, 1925)
C. euphara (Riek, 1954)^[5]
C. formosensis (Shiraki, 1930)
C. gibbosa Violovitsh, 1980
C. glaebosa (Steenis, Ricartean Steenis, Ricarte, Vujic, Birtele & Speight, 2016)
C. hungkingi (Shannon, 1927)
C. ismayi (Thompson, 2015)
C. lypra (Riek, 1954)^[5]
C. macquarti Shannon, 1925
C. mellivora (Shannon, 1927)
C. mime (Hull, 1935)
C. naja Violovitsh, 1974
C. oceanica (Hull, 1944)^[3]
C. optata (Riek, 1954)^[5]
C. opuntiae (Ferguson, 1926)^[1]
C. ornata (Saunders 1845)
C. opuntiae (Ferguson, 1926)^[1]
C. ornatifrons (Brunetti, 1915)
C. pedicellata (Williston, 1887)
C. pictula (Loew, 1853)
C. platypus (Ferguson, 1926)^[1]
C. ponti (Thompson, 2013)
C. relictura (Walker, 1858)
C. rieki (Goot, 1964)^[5]
C. sartorum Smirnov, 1924^[4]
C. saundersi (Shannon, 1925)
C. skevingtoni (Steenis, Ricartean Steenis, Ricarte, Vujic, Birtele & Speight, 2016)
C. smaragdina (Walker, 1858)
C. snowi (Adams, 1904)
C. sphenotoma (Riek, 1954)^[5]
C. tridens (Loew, 1872)
C. vespiformis (Latreille, 1804)
C. wyatti (Thompson, 2015)

Gallery

Ceriana conopsoides
Frontal prominence
Antennae
Ceriana ornata
Ceriana ornata
Ceriana ancoralis
Ceriana vespiformis
Ceriana wing veins

References

1 2 3 4 5 Ferguson, E.W. (1926). "Revision of Australian Syrphidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 51: 137–183.
↑ Bigot, J.M.F. (1860). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux". Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 8 (3): 219–228.
1 2 3 Brunetti, E (1923). The Fauna of British India, Diptera. Vol. Iii. Pipunculidae. Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. p. 424.
1 2 3 4 Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 Riek, E.F. (1954). "The Australian syrphid flies of the subfamily Cerioidinae (Diptera, Syrphidae): systematics and wing folding". Australian Journal of Zoology. 2: 100–130. doi:10.1071/ZO9540100.

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[ferguson-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Ferguson, E.W. (1926). "Revision of Australian Syrphidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 51: 137–183.

[2] Bigot, J.M.F. (1860). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux". Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 8 (3): 219–228.

[brunetti-3] 1 2 3 Brunetti, E (1923). The Fauna of British India, Diptera. Vol. Iii. Pipunculidae. Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. p. 424.

[szmn-4] 1 2 3 4 Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.

[riek-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Riek, E.F. (1954). "The Australian syrphid flies of the subfamily Cerioidinae (Diptera, Syrphidae): systematics and wing folding". Australian Journal of Zoology. 2: 100–130. doi:10.1071/ZO9540100.

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Ceriana (fly)

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Systematics

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