Syritta
| Syritta | |
|---|---|
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| male Syritta pipiens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Xylotini |
| Genus: | Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Musca pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Diversity | |
| 60 species | |
Syritta is a genus of hover flies.
The genus probably originated in the Afrotropical region. 13 of the 18 recognized species groups are found south of the Sahara. 15 species inhabit the Oriental and Australian-Pacific regions, and only six species are described from the Palearctic region. The two species that occur in North America as far down as Mexico, S. flaviventris and S. pipiens, were probably introduced by humans.
Species
- Syritta aenigmatopatria Hardy, 1964
- Syritta albopilosa Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – West Africa
- Syritta barbata Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – West Africa
- Syritta bulbus Walker, 1849 – West Africa
- Syritta divergata Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – West Africa
- Syritta fasciata (Wiedemann, 1830) – West Africa
- Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842 – Africa, Europe, introduced to South and North America and Easter Island
- Syritta hackeri Klocker, 1924 – Australia, Hawai'i, Java
- Syritta indica Wiedemann, 1824 – India, Nepal, Taiwan
- Syritta leucopleura Bigot, 1859 – West Africa
- Syritta longiseta Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – West Africa
- Syritta noona Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – Papua New Guinea
- Syritta oceanica Macquart – Australia, Polynesia, Hawai'i, Solomon Islands
- Syritta orientalis Macquart – India, Australia, Hawai'i, Indonesia, Micronesia
- Syritta papua Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – Papua New Guinea
- Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Syritta polita Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 – Papua New Guinea
- Syritta snyderi Shiraki, 1963 – Bonin Islands
- Syritta stigmatica Loew, 1858 – West Africa
- Syritta vittata Portschinsky, 1857 – East Palaearctic
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References
- Australian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog: Syrphidae
- Lyneborg, Leif & Barkemeyer, Werner (2005): The Genus Syritta: A World Revision of the Genus Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Entomonograph Volume 15. Apollo Books ISBN 87-88757-53-6 — Review
- BugGuide.net: Syritta pipiens
- Nearctica.com: Syrphidae
- "Syritta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
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