Helophilus
Helophilus are a diverse genus of moderate to large hoverflies, that appear somewhat bee like. Larvae filter feed in organic rich water. All Helophilus adults have a distinctive lengthwise striped thorax and a transverse striped abdomen.[1][2]
Species
Subgenus: Helophilus
- Helophilus affinis Wahlberg, 1844
- Helophilus bilinearis Williston, 1887
- Helophilus borealis Staeger, 1845[3]
- Helophilus bottnicus Wahlberg, 1844
- Helophilus celeber Osten Sacken, 1882
- Helophilus consimilis Malm, 1863
- Helophilus continuus Loew, 1854
- Helophilus contractus (Claussen & Pedersen, 1980)
- Helophilus distinctus Williston, 1887
- Helophilus divisus Loew, 1863
- Helophilus fasciatus Walker, 1849
- Helophilus frutetorum (Fabricius, 1775)
- Helophilus groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1780)
- Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846
- Helophilus insignis Violovitsh, 1979[3]
- Helophilus intentus Curran and Fluke, 1922
- Helophilus interpunctus (Harris, 1776)
- Helophilus kurentzovi (Violovitsh, 1960)
- Helophilus laetus Loew, 1863
- Helophilus lapponicus Wahlberg, 1844
- Helophilus latifrons Loew, 1863
- Helophilus lineatus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Helophilus lunulatus Meigen, 1822
- Helophilus neoaffinis Fluke, 1949
- Helophilus obscurus Loew, 1863
- Helophilus obsoletus Loew, 1863
- Helophilus oxycanus (Walker, 1852)
- Helophilus parallelus (Harris, 1776)
- Helophilus pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Helophilus perfidiosus (Hunter, 1897)
- Helophilus pilosus Hunter, 1897
- Helophilus relictus (Curran & Fluke, 1926)
- Helophilus rex (Curran & Fluke, 1926)
- Helophilus sapporensis Matsumura, 1911
- Helophilus sibiricus Smirnov, 1923[3]
- Helophilus stipatus Walker, 1849
- Helophilus transfugus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Helophilus trivittatus (Fabricius, 1805)
- Helophilus turanicus Smirnov, 1923[3]
- Helophilus versicolor (Fabricius, 1794)
- Helophilus virgatus Coquillett, 1898
Subgenus: Pilinasica[4][5]
- Helophilus antipodus Schiner, 1868
- Helophilus campbelli (Miller, 1921)
- Helophilus campbellicus Hutton, 1902
- Helophilus cargilli Miller, 1911
- Helophilus chathamensis Hutton, 1901
- Helophilus cingulatus Fabricius, 1775
- Helophilus hectori Miller, 1924
- Helophilus hochstetteri Nowicki, 1875
- Helophilus ineptus Walker, 1849
- Helophilus montanus (Miller, 1921)
- Helophilus seelandicus Gmelin, 1790
- Helophilus taruensis Miller, 1924
References
- ^ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
- ^ a b c d 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 October 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081020082104/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Diptera/Syrphidae.htm. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ Wikispecies: Helophilus (Pilinasica) page - http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Helophilus_(Pilinasica)
- ^ Thompson, F.C. 2008: A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa, 1716: 1-20. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01716p020.pdf