Sphecomyia

Sphecomyia
	Sphecomyia vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Subtribe:	Criorhinina
Genus:	Sphecomyia ; Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
	Sphecomye Latreille, 1825; Epopter Wiedemann, 1830; TyzenhausiaGorski, 1852; Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882; Eurhynomallota Bigot, 1883; Eurinomallota Kertész, 1910; Brachymyia Williston, 1882;

Last updated February 06, 2026

Sphecomyia is a genus of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.^[8] There are about 16 described species in Sphecomyia.^[9]

Species

Sphecomyia aino (Stackelberg, 1955)^[10]
Sphecomyia brevicornis Osten Sacken, 1877^[11]
Sphecomyia columbiana Vockeroth, 1965^[12]
Sphecomyia cryptica Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia dyari Shannon, 1925^[13]
Sphecomyia hoguei Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia interrupta Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia metallica (Bigot, 1882)^[4]
Sphecomyia oraria Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia pattonii Williston, 1882^[7]
Sphecomyia pseudosphecomima Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia sexfasciata Moran, 2019^[9]
Sphecomyia tsherepanovi (Violovich, 1974)^[14]
Sphecomyia vespiformis (Gorski, 1852)^[3]
Sphecomyia vittata (Wiedemann, 1830)^[2]
Sphecomyia weismani Moran, 2019^[9]

References

↑ Latreille, Pierre André (1829). Suite et findes insectes. In Cuvier, [G.L.C. F.D.], Le regne animal. Vol. V. Paris: Deterville et Crochard. pp. xxiv + 556.
1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz.
1 2 Gorski, S.B . (1852). Analecta ad Entomographium provinviarum occidentali-meridionalium imperii Rossici. Berlin: Nicolai. p. 214.
1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1882). "Description de quatre genres nouveau de la tribu des syrphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1882 (6): 78–79.
↑ Bigot, Jacques Marie François (1883). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 21e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 221–258. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
↑ Kertész, K. (1910). Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. VII. Budapestini: Museum Nationale Hungaricum. p. 470. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
1 2 Williston, Samuel Wendell (1882). "Contribution to a monograph of the North American Syrphidae". Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 20 (112): 299–332. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
↑ Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moran, K.M.; Skevington, J.H. (2019). "Revision of world Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 836: 15–79. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
↑ Stackelberg, A.A. (1955). "Palearkticheskie vidy roda Penthesilea Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 34: 340–349.
↑ Osten Sacken, Carl Robert (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
↑ Vockeroth, J.R. (1965). "A new species of Sphecomyia from British Columbia (Diptera: Syrphidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 97: 86–88.
↑ Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1925). "North American Sphecomyia (Diptera, Syrphidae)". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2: 43–44.
↑ Violovitsh, N.A. (1974). Brief survey of species from the genus Criorrhina Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Palaearctic Fauna]. Pp. 124-128. In Kolomietz, N. G. (ed.), The fauna and ecology of insects from Siberia (in Russian). Novosibirsk: Nauk. p. 212.

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[Latreille1829-1] Latreille, Pierre André (1829). Suite et findes insectes. In Cuvier, [G.L.C. F.D.], Le regne animal. Vol. V. Paris: Deterville et Crochard. pp. xxiv + 556.

[Wiedemann1830-2] 1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz.

[Gorski1852-3] 1 2 Gorski, S.B . (1852). Analecta ad Entomographium provinviarum occidentali-meridionalium imperii Rossici. Berlin: Nicolai. p. 214.

[Bigot1882-4] 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1882). "Description de quatre genres nouveau de la tribu des syrphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1882 (6): 78–79.

[Bigot1883-5] Bigot, Jacques Marie François (1883). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 21e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 221–258. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[Kertész1910-6] Kertész, K. (1910). Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. VII. Budapestini: Museum Nationale Hungaricum. p. 470. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[Williston1882-7] 1 2 Williston, Samuel Wendell (1882). "Contribution to a monograph of the North American Syrphidae". Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 20 (112): 299–332. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[SkevingtonEtAl2019-8] Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.

[MoranSkevington2019-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moran, K.M.; Skevington, J.H. (2019). "Revision of world Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 836: 15–79. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[Stackelberg1955-10] Stackelberg, A.A. (1955). "Palearkticheskie vidy roda Penthesilea Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 34: 340–349.

[OstenSacken1877-11] Osten Sacken, Carl Robert (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.

[Vockeroth1965-12] Vockeroth, J.R. (1965). "A new species of Sphecomyia from British Columbia (Diptera: Syrphidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 97: 86–88.

[Shannon1925-13] Shannon, Raymond Corbett (1925). "North American Sphecomyia (Diptera, Syrphidae)". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 2: 43–44.

[Violovitsh1974-14] Violovitsh, N.A. (1974). Brief survey of species from the genus Criorrhina Mg. (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Palaearctic Fauna]. Pp. 124-128. In Kolomietz, N. G. (ed.), The fauna and ecology of insects from Siberia (in Russian). Novosibirsk: Nauk. p. 212.

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Sphecomyia

Sphecomyia vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Milesiini
Subtribe:	Criorhinina
Genus:	Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829^[1]
Synonyms
Sphecomye Latreille, 1825 Epopter Wiedemann, 1830^[2] TyzenhausiaGorski, 1852^[3] Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882^[4] Eurhynomallota Bigot, 1883^[5] Eurinomallota Kertész, 1910^[6] Brachymyia Williston, 1882^[7]