List of Toxomerus species

Last updated June 14, 2025

The following is an incomplete list of hoverfly species within the genus Toxomerus :

T. aeolus (Hull, 1942)^[1]^[2]
T. alphabeticus (Hull,1942)^[3]

T. anthrax ^[4]^[5]
T. antiopa ^[6]
T. apegiensis (Harbach, 1974)^[1]
T. aquilinus (Sack, 1941)^[7]
T. arcifer (Loew, 1866)
T. aurulentus ^[8]
T. basalis ^[5]
T. Bidentatus (Giglio-Tos,1893)^[9]
T. bistrigus ^[10]
T. boscii Macquart, 1842^[11]
T. brevifacies ^[5]^[11]
T. buscki ^[4]
T. calceolatus ^[4]
T. centaureus ^[6]
T. ciliatus (Giglio-Tos,1892)^[9]
T. circumcinctus ^[4]
T.circumdatus (Bigot, 1884)^[10]
T. claracuneus (Hull, 1940 )^[12]
T. clarus (Curran 1930)^[13]
T. corbis (Walker, 1852)
T. costalis (Wiedemann, 1830)^[4]
T. crockeri (Curran, 1934)^[11]
T. croesus (Hull, 1940)^[12]
T. difficilis (Curran, 1930)^[14]
T. dispar (Fabricius, 1794)^[15]
T. duplicatus ^[5]
T. ectypus (Say, 1829)^[16]
T. ecuadoreus ^[11]
T. elinorae ^[4]
T. elisa (Hull, 1951)^[6]
T. eurydice (Hull 1951)^[6]
T.extrapolatus (Hull, 1943)^[11]
T. ferroxida (Hull, 1941)^[11]
T. flaviplurus ^[17]^[5]
T. flamminea ( Hull 1941)^[11]
T. floralis (Fabricius, 1798)^[5]
T. funestus ^[15]
T. geminatus (Say, 1823)^[18]
T. guttifer (Hull, 1943)^[11]
T. hauseri ^[15]
T.heraldicus (Bigot, 1884 )^[10]
T. hieroglyphicus (Schiner, 1868 )^[5]
T. hulli ( Sedman)^[4]
T. idalius (Hull, 1951)^[6]
T.imperialis (Curran, 1926)^[11]
T. incaicus (Sack,1941)^[15]
T. insignis (Schiner, 1868)^[2]
T. intermedius (Hull, 1949)^[2]
T. jussiaeae Vige, 1939
T. laciniosus (Loew 1866)^[19]^[13]
T. lacrymosus (Bigot, 1884)^[10]^[5]
T. laenas (Walker, 1852 )^[4]
T. linearis (Wulp 1883)^[4]
T. luna (Hull, 1943)^[11]
T. marginatus (Say, 1823)
T. minutus ^[4]
T. multipunctatus ^[4]
T. musicus ^[4]
T. mutuus ^[4]
T. nasutus ^[4]
T. nigripunctus ^[4]
T. nitidus ^[4]
T. norma ^[4]
T. nymphalius ^[4]
T. occidentalis Curran, 1922
T. ochraceus ^[4]
T. ophiolinea ^[4]
T. ornithoglyphus ^[4]
T. ovatus ^[4]
T. pallipes ^[4]
T. papaveroi Borges & Couri, 2009^[14]
T. paragrammus ^[4]
T. parvulus (Loew, 1866)
T. pichinchae ^[4]
T. pictus (Macquart, 1842)^[7]
T. picudus ^[15]
T. politus (Say, 1823)
T. polygraphicus ^[4]
T. porticola ^[4]
T. procrasinatus Metz, 2001^[7]
T. productus ^[4]
T. puellus ^[4]
T. pulchellus ^[4]
T. purus ^[4]
T. quinquecinctus ^[4]
T. quinquemaculatus ^[4]
T. rohri ^[4]
T. rombicus ^[4]
T. saphiridiceps ^[4]
T. schlingeri ^[4]
T. sedmani Harbach, 1984^[14]
T. serpentinus ^[4]
T. steatogaster (Hull, 1941)^[14]
T. sylvaticus ^[4]
T. taenius ^[4]
T. teligera (Fluke, 1953)
T. tibicen (Wiedemann, 1830)^[7]
T. tubularius ^[4]
T. una ^[4]
T. undecimpunctatus ^[4]
T. uranius ^[4]
T. valdesi ^[4]
T. vertebratus ^[4]
T. verticalis (Curran, 1927)
T. veve ^[4]
T. vierecki ^[4]
T. violaceus ^[4]
T. virgulatus (Macquart, 1850)^[1]
T. watsoni (Curran, 1930)^[1]
T. willistonii ^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 Mengual, Ximo; Gunilla Stahls; Santos Rojo (2008). "First phylogeny of predatory flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA genes: conflict and congruence with the current tribal classification" (PDF). Cladistics. 24 (4). Wiley-Blackwell: 543–562. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00200.x. hdl: 10045/12249 . PMID 34879632. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
1 2 3 Metz, Mark (2001). "A revision of the larger species of Toxomerus (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species" (PDF). Studia dipterologica. 8: 225–256.
↑ Hull, Frank (1942). "New Species Of Syrphid^ From The Neotropical Region". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 84.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "ADW: Toxomerus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gerdes, Charles Frederick (1974). Toxomerus (Diptera:Syrphidae) Of Ecuadora (Thesis). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
1 2 3 4 5 Hull, Frank M (1951). "New Species of Mesogramma (Diptera, Syrphidae)". American Museum Novitates (1480): 22.
1 2 3 4 Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia Dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.
↑ Williston, S.W. (1887). "Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 31: 1–335. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
1 2 Giglio-Tos, E (1892). Ditteri del Messico. Torino, C. Clausen.
1 2 3 4 Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1884). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 22e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2e partie). espèces nouvelles, No 1er". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 74. Retrieved 11 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hull, Frank (1943). "The Genus Mesogramma". Entomologica Americana. 23: 1–40.
1 2 Hull, Frank (1940). "New Species of Syrphidæ From the Neotropical Region". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 49 (3–4): 84–107. doi: 10.1155/1942/62725 .
1 2 Curran, C. H. (1930). "New Diptera Belonging to the Genus Mesogramma Loew (Syrphidae)". American Museum Novitates (405): 1–14.
1 2 3 4 Reemer, Menno; Rotheray, Graham E. (16 April 2009). "Pollen feeding larvae in the presumed predatory syrphine genus Toxomerus Macquart (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Journal of Natural History . 43 (15). UK: Taylor and Francis: 939–949. Bibcode:2009JNatH..43..939R. doi:10.1080/00222930802610576. ISSN 1464-5262.
1 2 3 4 5 Mengual, Ximo (2011-10-26). "Black-tie dress code: two new species of the genus Toxomerus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (140): 1–26. Bibcode:2011ZooK..140....1M. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.140.1930 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3208516 . PMID 22144857.
↑ Say, T (1829). "Descriptions of North American dipterous insects". J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 6: 149–178.
↑ Hall, D.G. (1927). "A new syrphid (Diptera) from Guatemala". Entomol.News. 38: 239–240.
↑ Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456.
↑ Loew, H (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 9: 127–186. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18650090303.

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[Mengual-1] 1 2 3 4 Mengual, Ximo; Gunilla Stahls; Santos Rojo (2008). "First phylogeny of predatory flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA genes: conflict and congruence with the current tribal classification" (PDF). Cladistics. 24 (4). Wiley-Blackwell: 543–562. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00200.x. hdl: 10045/12249 . PMID 34879632. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-06-18.

[metz01-2] 1 2 3 Metz, Mark (2001). "A revision of the larger species of Toxomerus (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species" (PDF). Studia dipterologica. 8: 225–256.

[hull42-3] Hull, Frank (1942). "New Species Of Syrphid^ From The Neotropical Region". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 84.

[animaldiversity.org-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "ADW: Toxomerus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.

[Gerdes74-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gerdes, Charles Frederick (1974). Toxomerus (Diptera:Syrphidae) Of Ecuadora (Thesis). Retrieved 2025-03-27.

[hull51-6] 1 2 3 4 5 Hull, Frank M (1951). "New Species of Mesogramma (Diptera, Syrphidae)". American Museum Novitates (1480): 22.

[Marinoni-7] 1 2 3 4 Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia Dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.

[williston1887-8] Williston, S.W. (1887). "Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 31: 1–335. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Giglio-tos93-9] 1 2 Giglio-Tos, E (1892). Ditteri del Messico. Torino, C. Clausen.

[Bigot1884-10] 1 2 3 4 Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1884). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 22e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2e partie). espèces nouvelles, No 1er". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 74. Retrieved 11 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Hull43-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hull, Frank (1943). "The Genus Mesogramma". Entomologica Americana. 23: 1–40.

[hull40-12] 1 2 Hull, Frank (1940). "New Species of Syrphidæ From the Neotropical Region". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 49 (3–4): 84–107. doi: 10.1155/1942/62725 .

[curran30-13] 1 2 Curran, C. H. (1930). "New Diptera Belonging to the Genus Mesogramma Loew (Syrphidae)". American Museum Novitates (405): 1–14.

[Reemer2009-14] 1 2 3 4 Reemer, Menno; Rotheray, Graham E. (16 April 2009). "Pollen feeding larvae in the presumed predatory syrphine genus Toxomerus Macquart (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Journal of Natural History . 43 (15). UK: Taylor and Francis: 939–949. Bibcode:2009JNatH..43..939R. doi:10.1080/00222930802610576. ISSN 1464-5262.

[Mengual1911-15] 1 2 3 4 5 Mengual, Ximo (2011-10-26). "Black-tie dress code: two new species of the genus Toxomerus (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (140): 1–26. Bibcode:2011ZooK..140....1M. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.140.1930 . ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3208516 . PMID 22144857.

[say29-16] Say, T (1829). "Descriptions of North American dipterous insects". J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 6: 149–178.

[hall27-17] Hall, D.G. (1927). "A new syrphid (Diptera) from Guatemala". Entomol.News. 38: 239–240.

[Vockeroth-18] Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The Flower Flies of the Subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 18. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Government Pub Centre. pp. 1–456.

[loew66-19] Loew, H (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 9: 127–186. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18650090303.

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