Platycheirus
Encyclopedia
Platycheirus is a large genus
of hoverflies
.
Subgenus: Eocheilosia Hull, 1949
Subgenus: Pachysphyria
Subgenus: Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
Subgenus: Pseudoplatychirus
Subgenus: Pyrophaena
- often considered a full genus.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hoverflies
Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...
.
Species
Subgenus: Carposcalis Enderlein, 1938- Platycheirus bertrandi (KolenatiFriedrich August Rudolph KolenatiFriedrich August Rudolph Kolenati was a Czech-German botanist and zoologist active primarily in Prague and Brno....
, 1913) - Platycheirus confusus (Curran, 1925)
- Platycheirus fenestratum (Macquart, 1842)
- Platycheirus longigena (EnderleinGünther EnderleinGünther Enderlein was a German zoologist, entomologist and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein got some international renown because of his insect research but in Germany he became famous because of his concept of the pleomorphism of microorganisms and his hypotheses about...
, 1912) - Platycheirus lundbecki (CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1931) - Platycheirus lundbladi Enderlein, 1940 - Juan Fernández IslandsJuan Fernández IslandsThe Juan Fernández Islands are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about off the coast of Chile, and is composed of three main volcanic islands; Robinson Crusoe Island, Alejandro Selkirk Island and Santa Clara Island, the first...
- Platycheirus stegnus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1829) - Platycheirus trichopus (Thomson, 1869)
- Platycheirus willistoni (Goot, 1964)
Subgenus: Eocheilosia Hull, 1949
- Platycheirus antipodus (Hull, 1949b)
- Platycheirus captalis (Miller, 1924)
- Platycheirus clarkei Miller, 1921
- Platycheirus cunninghami (Miller, 1921)
- Platycheirus fulvipes (Miller, 1924)
- Platycheirus harrisi (Miller, 1921)
- Platycheirus howesii (Miller, 1921)
- Platycheirus huttoni Thompson in Thompson & Vockeroth, 1989
- Platycheirus leptospermi (Miller, 1921)
- Platycheirus lignudus Miller, 1921
- Platycheirus myersii (Miller, 1924)
- Platycheirus notatus (Bigot, 1884)
- Platycheirus ronanus (Miller, 1921)
Subgenus: Pachysphyria
- Platycheirus ambiguus (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1817) - Platycheirus barkalovi Mutin, 1999
- Platycheirus brunnifrons Nielsen 2004
- Platycheirus dexter (HarrisMoses HarrisMoses Harris was an English entomologist and engraver.In the Natural System of Colours he examined the work of Isaac Newton and tried to reveal the multitude of colours which can be created from three basic ones...
, 1780) - Platycheirus immaculatus Ohara, 1980
Subgenus: Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
- Platycheirus abruzzensis van der Goot, 1969
- Platycheirus aeratus Coquillet, 1900
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus, is a common species of hoverfly. It is found in most parts of Britain and Europe. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers....
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1781) - Platycheirus amplus (Curran, 1927)
- Platycheirus angustatus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Platycheirus angustipes Goeldlin, 1974
- Platycheirus atra (Curran, 1925)
- Platycheirus aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002
- Platycheirus carinatus Curran, 1927
- Platycheirus chilosia (Curran, 1927)
- Platycheirus ciliatus BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1884 - Platycheirus ciliger LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1856 - Platycheirus cintoensis van der Goot, 1961
- Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in most parts of Britain and Europe. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Platycheirus coerulescens (Williston, 1887)
- Platycheirus complicatus (BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1889) - Platycheirus concinnus (Snow, 1895)
- Platycheirus coracinus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus cyaneus (Muller, 1764)
- Platycheirus discimanus (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1871) - Platycheirus europaeus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
- Platycheirus fasciculatus (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1856) - Platycheirus femineum Curran, 1931
- Platycheirus flabella Hull, 1944
- Platycheirus fulviventrisPlatycheirus fulviventrisPlatycheirus fulviventris, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
(MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1829) - Platycheirus groenlandicus Curran, 1927
- Platycheirus hesperinus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus hispidipes Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus holarcticus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus hyperboreus (Stæger, 1845)
- Platycheirus immarginatus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1849) - Platycheirus inversus Ide, 1926
- Platycheirus islandicus (Ringdahl, 1930)
- Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen, 1971
- Platycheirus kelloggi (Snow, 1895)
- Platycheirus kittilaensis Dusek & Láska, 1982
- Platycheirus laskai Nielsen, 1999
- Platycheirus lata (Curran, 1922)
- Platycheirus latimanus (WahlbergPeter Fredrik WahlbergPeter Fredrik Wahlberg was a Swedish entomologist and professor at the University College of Stockholm....
, 1845) - Platycheirus latitarsis Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus luteipennis (Curran, 1925)
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Platycheirus melanopsis LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1856 - Platycheirus modestus Ide, 1926
- Platycheirus monticola Jones, 1917
- Platycheirus muelleri Marcuzzi, 1941
- Platycheirus naso (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1949) - Platycheirus nearcticus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus nielseni Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus nigrofemoratus (Kanervo, 1934)
- Platycheirus nodosus Curran, 1923
- Platycheirus normae Fluke, 1939
- Platycheirus obscurus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1824) - Platycheirus occidentalis Curran, 1927
- Platycheirus occultusPlatycheirus occultusPlatycheirus occultus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990 - Platycheirus octavus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus orarius Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus pacilus (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1849) - Platycheirus parmatus RóndaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1857 - Platycheirus parvus (Williston, 1882)
- Platycheirus peltatoides Curran, 1923
- Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Platycheirus perpallidus (VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
, 1901) - Platycheirus pilatus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus podagrata (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Platycheirus podagratus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Platycheirus protrusus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus quadratus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - Platycheirus ramsarensis Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
- Platycheirus rufigaster Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus rufimaculatus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus scamboides Curran, 1927
- Platycheirus scambusPlatycheirus scambusPlatycheirus scambus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
(Stæger, 1843) - Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus, is a very common species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe.The larvae feed on aphids on low growing plants and trees. Adults feed on a wide range of flowers. They have multiple broods throughout the warmer months and have a very long flight period....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Platycheirus setitarsis Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus speighti Doczkal, Stuke & Goeldlin, 2002
- Platycheirus spinipes Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus splendidusPlatycheirus splendidusPlatycheirus splendidus, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
Rotheray, 1998 - Platycheirus squamulae (Curran, 1922)
- Platycheirus stegnoides Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus sticticus (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1822) - Platycheirus striatus Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus subordinatus (BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1915) - Platycheirus tarsalisPlatycheirus tarsalisPlatycheirus tarsalis, is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe....
(Schummel, 1836) - Platycheirus tatricus Dusek & Láska, 1982
- Platycheirus tenebrosus CoquillettDaniel William CoquillettDaniel William Coquillett was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae...
, 1900 - Platycheirus thompsoni Vockeroth, 1986
- Platycheirus thylax Hull, 1944
- Platycheirus transfugus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Platycheirus urakawensis (MatsumuraShonen Matsumurawas a Japanese entomologist .Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied and theoretical...
, 1919) - Platycheirus varipes Curran, 1923
- Platycheirus woodi Vockeroth, 1986
Subgenus: Pseudoplatychirus
- Platycheirus glupovi Barkalov, 2007
- Platycheirus peteri Doesburg, 1955
Subgenus: Pyrophaena
Pyrophaena
Pyrophaena is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Platycheirus distinctive enough to sometimes treated as a separate genus in its own right. Indeed a recent study of the phylogeny of the subfamily Syrphinae found it to be closer to other certain other genera - Rohdendorfia, Syrphocheilosia and...
- often considered a full genus.
- Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe. Typical habitat includes marshy meadows and ditches, where it can be found between May and October though it is at its commonest between July and September. The most distinctive feature of this fly...
(Forster, 1771) - Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum, is a species of hoverfly found in many parts of Britain and Europe. Like it's close relative Platycheirus granditarsus it can be found in marshy meadows and ditches. Indeed the two species can often be found together. The flight time is between May and October though it peaks...
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1787)