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Species list for Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Cornwall

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All species are listed which have been found in Cornwall (plus the most likely additions). Species not yet on the Cornish list are marked * in the ‘Last Recorded’ column. Some unconfirmed ‘sightings’ are marked [*]. Records to 2003 are included.

In the ‘Identification’ column E = easily identified, D = difficult/critical, V = very difficult (confirmation by competent referee required). These classifications are rather subjective: recorders may disagree with many of the assessments (e.g. many ‘easy’ ones may still require close examination with a hand lens, whilst some ‘difficult’ ones become easy with a little experience). Some assessments have been omitted because of the writer’s lack of experience of the species.

Species names follow Stubbs & Falk (2002), British Hoverflies, an illustrated Identification Guide, but with some name changes detailed in the new Checklist of Diptera edited by Peter Chandler in vol. 12 of Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (BENHS).

(A = Recorded annually)

Family Taxon Last Recorded identification
BACCHINI Baccha elongata A E
  Melanostoma mellinum A E
  M. scalare A E
  Platycheirus albimanus A E
  P. ambiguus 1981 -
  P. angustatus 1997 E
  P. clypeatus A E
  P. discimanus 1980 -
  P. fulviventris 1989 -
  P. granditarsus A E
  P. immarginatus 1998 D
  P. manicatus A E
  P. peltatus 1996 E
  P. rosarum 2003 E
  P. scutatus A E
  P. sticticus 1931 -
  P. tarsalis * -
  Xanthandrus comtus 2003 E
PARAGINI Paragus albifrons * -
  P. haemorrhous 1998 D
  P. tibialis 1961 -
SYRPHINI Chrysotoxum bicinctum A E
  C. cautum 2003 E
  C. elegans 2001 E
  C. festivum 1997 E
  C. octomaculatum 1935 (sole record) -
  C. vernale 1871 (sole record) -
  Dasysyrphus albostriatus 2002 E
  D. friuliensis [*] -
  D. pinastri 1981 -
  D. tricinctus 2000 E
  D. venustus 2003 E
  Didea fasciata 2003 E
  Epistrophe diaphana 1931 -
  E. eligans A E
  E. grossulariae A E
  E. nitidicollis 1995 E
  Episyrphus balteatus A E
  Eriozona erratica * -
  E. syrphoides [*] -
  Eupeodes corollae A E
  E. latifasciatus 2001 E
  E. latilunulatus 1981 (sole record) -
  E. luniger A E
  Leucozona glaucia A E
  L. laternaria 2001 E
  L. lucorum A E
  Melangyna barbifrons * -
  M. cincta 1997 E
  M. compositarum 1901 (sole record) D
  M. labiatarum * -
  M. lasiophthalma 1998 D
  M. quadrimaculata * -
  M. umbellatarum 2001 D
  Meligramma euchromum [*] -
  M. guttatum 1999 E
  M. trianguliferum * -
  Meliscaeva auricollis A E
  M. cinctella A E
  Parasyrphus annulatus 1999 E
  P. lineolus * -
  P. nigritarsis 1980 (sole record) -
  P. punctulatus 2001 D
  P. vittiger 1977 (sole record) -
  Scaeva pyrastri A E
  S. selenitica 2003 E
  Sphaerophoria interrupta 2001 E (males)
  S. philanthus 1990 V (males)
  S. rueppellii 1994 E (males)
  S. scripta A E (males)
  S. taeniata * V
  Note: most female Sphaerophoria cannot be identified -
  Syrphus ribesii A E
  S. torvus 1999 E
  S. vitripennis A E
  Xanthogramma citrofasciatum 2001 E
  X. pedissequum A E
CALLICERINI Callicera aurata 2000 (sole record) E
CHEILOSIINI Cheilosia albipila 2000 E
  C. albitarsis A E
  C. antiqua 1981 D
  C. bergenstammi A E
  C. fraterna 2002 D
  C. grossa 1960 E
  C. illustrata A E
  C. impressa 2001 D
  C. lasiopa 2002 D
  C. latifrons 1983 D
  C. longula * -
  C. mutabilis 1929 D
  C. nebulosa * -
  C. pagana A E
  C. praecox * D
  C. proxima 2001 D
  C. scutellata 2000 E
  C. soror 1906 (sole record) D
  C. variabilis A E
  C. velutina 1989 (sole record) V
  C. vernalis A E
  C. vulpina 2001 D
  Ferdinandea cuprea 2003 E
  Portevinia maculata A E
  Rhingia campestris A E
  R. rostrata * -
CHRYSOGASTRINI Brachyopa bicolor 1931 -
  B. insensilis 1989 (sole record) -
  B. scutellaris * -
  Chrysogaster cemiteriorum A D
  C. solstitialis A D
  C. virescens 1993 D
  Lejogaster metallina 2000 E
  L. splendida 1935 -
  Melanogaster aerosa * D
  M. hirtella 1997 D
  Neoascia geniculata * V
  N. meticulosa * D
  N. podagrica A E
  N. tenur 1999 D
  Orthonevra geniculata 1994 E
  O. nobilis A E
  Ripponensia splendens 1996 E
  Sphegina clunipes A E
  S. elegans 1989 E
ERISTALINI Anasimyia contracta 2001 D
  A. lineata 1994 D
  A. lunulata 1935 D
  A. transfuga 1935 D
  Eristalinus aeneus 2000 E
  E. sepulchralis 2002 E
  Eristalis abusivus 2001 E
  E. arbustorum A E
  E. cryptarum 1910 E
  E. horticola A E
  E. interruptus A E
  E. intricarius A E
  E. pertinax A E
  E. tenax A E
  Helophilus hybridus 1995 E
  H. pendulus A E
  H. trivittatus A E
  Mallota cimbiformis 1977 (sole record) D
  Myathropa florea A E
  Parhelophilus consimilis * D
  P. frutetorum 2001 D
  P. versicolor 1999 D
MERODONTINI Eumerus ornatus 1935 (sole record) D
  E. sabulonum 1990 E
  E. strigatus 1997 D
  E. tuberculatus 1997 D
  Merodon equestris A E
PIPIZINI Heringia heringi * D
  H. latitarsis * D
  H. vitripennis 1926 (sole record) D
  Pipiza austriaca 1999 D
  P. bimaculata 1935 (sole record) V
  P. fenestrata * V
  P. lugubris * V
  P. luteitarsis 1934 (sole record) D
  P. noctiluca 1999 D
  Pipizella viduata 1989 D
  P. virens 1981 D
  Trichopsomyia flavitarsis 1986 -
  Triglyphus primus * -
SERICOMYIINI Arctophila superbiens 2003 E
  Sericomyia lappona 2003 E
  S. silentis A E
VOLUCELLINI Volucella bombylans A E
  V. inanis 1925 E
  V. inflata 2000 E
  V. pellucens A E
  V. zonaria A E
XYLOTINI Brachypalpoides lentus 2003 E
  Brachypalpus laphriformis 1996 D
  Chalcosyrphus nemorum 2002 E
  Criorhina asilica 1906 (sole record) D
  C. berberina 2001 E
  C. floccosa 2001 E
  C. ranunculi 2003 E
  Pocota personata 1990 (sole record) E
  Syritta pipiens A E
  Tropidia scita 2002 E
  Xylota abiens * -
  X. coeruleiventris * -
  X. florum 1995 D
  X. segnis A E
  X. sylvarum A E
  X. tarda * -
MICRODONTINI Microdon mutabilis 1994 E

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