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(Document translated and modified from Italian Wiki Page)
Contents
- Legend
- Eristalinae
- Tribe Brachyopini
- Tribe Callicerini
- Tribe Eumerini
- Tribe Milesiini
- Tribe Rhingiini
- Microdontinae
- Syrphinae
- Tribe Bacchini
- Tribe Syrphini
- Syrphini Group undetermined
- Genera of uncertain affinities
- References
The family Syrphidae consists of more than 6000 living species. The internal taxonomy of the family and the number of genera varies greatly between sources leading to considerable discrepancy across the literature. This is currently in the process of reorganization on the basis of phylogenetic studies but knowledge is still incomplete, especially in light of recent studies of larval characters suggesting relationships which don't correspond with the phylogeny based solely on adult characters. The current classification is therefore still based on the morphology of adults and basically refers to the taxonomic scheme adopted by Thompson & Rotheray in the Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (1998), which divides the family into three subfamilies and fourteen tribes. The nomenclature given here is derived partly from the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD) and a working classification created by a group of molecular biologists which no doubt will alter greatly in the future.
The distribution of genera in traditional ecozones is derived from the BDWD.
Legend
Eristalinae
The subfamily Eristalinae (=Milesiinae) is subdivided into 9 tribes.
Tribe: Brachyopini
(=Chrysogasterini Shannon, 1922)
Tribe: Callicerini
(=Calliceratinae Brues & Melander, 1932)
Tribe: Eumerini
(=Merodontini, Medorontinae Edwards, 1915, Medorontinae Bezzi, 1915, Medorontidae Glumac & Vujic, 1990, Nausigasterinae Shannon, 1921)
Tribe: Milesiini
(=Xylotini)
Tribe: Rhingiini
(=Cheilosiini Cockerell, 1917)
Microdontinae
The arrangement of genera here follows the extensive revision carried out by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).
Syrphinae
The subfamily Syrphinae is subdivided into 4 well established tribes plus one former eristaline tribe (Pipizini).
Tribe: Bacchini
(=Melanostomatini)
Tribe: Syrphini
(=Chrysotoxini). In Mengual et al. (2008) this tribe was resolved into two groups.
Syrphini (Group undetermined)
Genera of uncertain affinities
This section contains a list of genera for which the bibliography does not provide a clear systematic position. These genera are not intended as incertae sedis: It is likely that they have been given a formal taxonomic description or been defined in a subsequent revision, but not in the works consulted.