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Philhelius

Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology. Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym.

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Philhelius
Philhelius pedissequus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Philhelius
Stephens, 1841
Species

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Synonyms

Xanthogramma Schiner, 1860

Philhelius sp., male

Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology.12 Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym.3

Species

  • Philhelius anisomorphum (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)4
  • Philhelius caucasicus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius citrofasciatus (De Geer, 1776)
  • Philhelius coreanus (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Philhelius dives (Rondani, 1857)
  • Philhelius evanescens (Becker & Stein 19137)
  • Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
  • Philhelius hissaricus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius kirgiristanus (Enderlein 19387)
  • Philhelius laetus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Philhelius maculipennis (Mik, 1887)
  • Philhelius marginalis (Loew, 1854)
  • Philhelius pedissequus (Harris, 1778)
  • Philhelius qinlingensis (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)4
  • Philhelius sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
  • Philhelius seximaculatus (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)4
  • Philhelius sichotanus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius stackelbergi (Violovitsh, 1975)
References

References

  1. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
  3. Evenhuis NL. Nomenclatural studies toward a World List of Diptera genus-group names. Part VI: Daniel William Coquillett. Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 18;4381(1):1-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4381.1.1. PMID: 29689947
  4. Huo, K.-K.; Ren, G.; Zheng, Z. (2007). Fauna of Syrphidae from Mt. Qinling-Bash in China (Insecta: Diptera) (in Chinese and English). Beijing: Beijing Huonzheng Printer Ltd Co. pp. 1–512.