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Aphid Hover Flies
Episyrphus
Episyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae. Larvae are predatory, often on aphids.
Two subgenera are recognized, Episyrphus and Asiobaccha. Species of the latter are distinguished by a petiolate abdomen.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Marmalade Hover Fly
speciesEpisyrphus balteatus
Black-banded Hover Fly
speciesEpisyrphus viridaureus
Episyrphus trisectus
speciesEpisyrphus trisectus
Episyrphus arcifer
speciesEpisyrphus arcifer
Episyrphus glaber
speciesEpisyrphus glaber
Episyrphus divertens
speciesEpisyrphus divertens
Episyrphus nigromarginatus
speciesEpisyrphus nigromarginatus
Episyrphus insularis
speciesEpisyrphus insularis
Episyrphus nubilipennis
speciesEpisyrphus nubilipennis
Episyrphus nectarinus
speciesEpisyrphus nectarinus
Episyrphus petilis
speciesEpisyrphus petilis
Episyrphus schultzianus
speciesEpisyrphus schultzianus
Episyrphus virtuosa
speciesEpisyrphus virtuosa
Episyrphus sulica
speciesEpisyrphus sulica
Episyrphus circularis
speciesEpisyrphus circularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52483.