DipteraDiptera – image index Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphids
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.
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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
- Syrphidae Latreille, 1802, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26c49aaf-5536-4012-b890-0e05ef187271
- Hover Flies Family Syrphidae, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/49995-Syrphidae
- Hover Flies, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/hover-flies/
- Hoverfly, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
DipteraDiptera – image index Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphids
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