Philhelius

Philhelius
Philhelius pedissequus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Philhelius Stephens, 1841
Species
See text
Synonyms
Xanthogramma Schiner, 1860

Philhelius sp., male

Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology. ^{[1] [2]} Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym. ^[3]

Species

• Philhelius anisomorphum (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) ^[4]
• Philhelius caucasicus (Violovitsh, 1975)
• Philhelius citrofasciatus (De Geer, 1776)
• Philhelius coreanus (Shiraki, 1930)
• Philhelius dives (Rondani, 1857)
• Philhelius evanescens (Becker & Stein 19137)
• Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
• Philhelius hissaricus (Violovitsh, 1975)
• Philhelius kirgiristanus (Enderlein 19387)
• Philhelius laetus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Philhelius maculipennis (Mik, 1887)
• Philhelius marginalis (Loew, 1854)
• Philhelius pedissequus (Harris, 1778)
• Philhelius qinlingensis (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) ^[4]
• Philhelius sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
• Philhelius seximaculatus (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) ^[4]
• Philhelius sichotanus (Violovitsh, 1975)
• Philhelius stackelbergi (Violovitsh, 1975)

References

1. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
2. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN   978-1899935055.
3. Evenhuis NL. Nomenclatural studies toward a World List of Diptera genus-group names. Part VI: Daniel William Coquillett. Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 18;4381(1):1-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4381.1.1. PMID: 29689947
4. Huo, K.-K.; Ren, G.; Zheng, Z. (2007). Fauna of Syrphidae from Mt. Qinling-Bash in China (Insecta: Diptera) (in Chinese and English). Beijing: Beijing Huonzheng Printer Ltd Co. pp. 1–512.