DipteraDiptera Index Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae

The Syrphids, also commonly known as hoverflies or flower flies, belong to a large family of flies in the order Diptera, family Syrphidae, that contain over 6,000 species, across 200 genera, that have been described. They also include the commonly named group of Drone Flies and Allies (subfamily Eristalinae).

Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), Alice Springs NT
Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), Alice Springs NT
Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs NT
Female Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus), Alice Springs NT
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps), Sydney NSW
Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps), Sydney NSW

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The family Syrphidae, is under the order Diptera.

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Diptera
  • Suborder: Brachycera
  • Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha
  • Informal: Aschiza
  • Superfamily: Syrphoidea
  • Family: Syrphidae
  • Subfamilies:
    • Eristaliinae Malloch, 1922
    • Microdontinae Verrall, 1901
    • Pipizinae Williston, 1885
    • Syrphinae Latreille, 1802

Footnote & References

  1. Syrphidae Latreille, 1802, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26c49aaf-5536-4012-b890-0e05ef187271
  2. Hover Flies Family Syrphidae, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/49995-Syrphidae
  3. Hover Flies, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/hover-flies/
  4. Hoverfly, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly

DipteraDiptera Index Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae

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