Sphecomyia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Milesiini
Subtribus: Criorhinina
Genus: Sphecomyia
Species (16): S. aino – S. brevicornis – S. columbiana – S. cryptica – S. dyari – S. hoguei – S. interrupta – S. metallica – S. oraria – S. pattonii – S. pseudosphecomima – S. sexfasciata – S. tsherepanovi – S. vespiformis – S. vittata – S. weismani

Name

Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829

Type species: Chrysotoxum vittatum Wiedemann, 1830, by subsequent designation by Macquart, 1842

Synonymy

Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829: 495
- Published 11 April 1829 (Sabrosky, 1999: 457)
Sphecomyia Latreille in Bory, 1829: 545
- Published May 1829 (title page)
Epopter Wiedemann, 1830: 91 [synonymized by Evenhuis & Pont, 2013: 28]
- Type species: Psarus ornatus Wiedemann, 1830 [= Sphecomyia vittata (Wiedemann, 1830)], by monotypy
Tyzenhauzia Gorski, 1852: 172 [synonymized by Wahlberg, 1854: 155]
- Type species: Tyzenhauzia vespiformis Gorski, 1852, by original designation
Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882: 78 [synonymized by Moran & Skevington, 2019: 22]
- Type species: Eurhinomallota metallica Bigot, 1882, by original designation and monotypy
Brachymyia Williston, 1882: 77 [synonymized by Moran & Skevington, 2019: 22]
- Type species: Brachymyia lupina Williston, 1882 [= Sphecomyia metallica (Bigot, 1882)], by original designation
Eurhynomallota Bigot, 1883: 225 [misspelling of Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882]
Eurinomallota Kertész, 1910: 286 [unjustified emendation of Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882]
- Attributed to Kertész, 1910: 62 by Moran & Skevington, 2019: 22

References

Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1829. Tome V. Suite et fin des insectes. In: Cuvier G.: Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Déterville, Paris, xxii + 556 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1829. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 15: Rua-S, Paris, 754 pp. BHL Reference page.
Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1830. Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14603 BHL Reference page.
Gorski, S.B. 1852. Analecta ad Entomographium provinviarum occidentali-meridionalium imperii Rossici. Nicolai, Berlin, 214 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12465 BHL Reference page.
Bigot, J.M.F. 1882. Description de quatre genres nouveaux de la tribu des Syphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces. Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France 1882(6): 78–79. BHL Reference page.
Williston, S.W. 1882. New or little known genera of North American Syrphidae. The Canadian Entomologist 14(4): 77–80. DOI: 10.4039/Ent1477-4 BHL Reference page.
Bigot, J.M.F. 1883. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 23 partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2 partie). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (6)3: 221–258. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Macquart, J. 1842. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Mémoires de la Société Royale des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1841(1): 63–200. BHL [Also reprinted separately as 'Tome deuxième, 2e partie' with different pagination: 5–140, see Crosskey, 1980: 1065.] Reference page.
Wahlberg, P.F. 1854. Sphecomyia funnen i Norden. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 11: 151–156. BHL Reference page.
Kertész, K. 1910. Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Volumen VII. Syrphidae, Dorylaidae, Phoridae, Clythiidae. G. Engelmann, Budapestini [=Budepest], 471 pp. BHL Reference page.
Sabrosky, C.W. 1999. Family-Group Names in Diptera. Pp. 1–360. In: Thompson, F.C. (ed.). Family-group names in Diptera and Bibliography. Myia 10: 576 pp. ISBN 978-90-5782-026-7. PDF. Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. & Pont, A.C. 2004. The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot. Zootaxa 751(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.751.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. & Pont, A.C. 2013. Nomenclatural studies toward a world catalog of Diptera genus-group names. III. Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann. Zootaxa 3638(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3638.1.1 Abstract (PDF). Reference page.
Moran, K.M. & Skevington, J.H. 2019. Revision of world Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zookeys 836: 15–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.836.30326 Reference page.
Moran, K.M., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Mengual, X., Jordaens, K., Young, A.D., Ståhls, G., Mutin, V., Bot, S., van Zuijen, M., Ichige, K., van Steenis, J., Hauser, M. & van Steenis, W. 2021. A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(1): 120–135 [2022]. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab006 Reference page.

Links

Nomenclator Detail Record. Eurhinomallota Bigot, 1882: lxvii. Record #4170. Systema Dipterorum (www.diptera.org) version 6.1, last updated 29 April 2025. Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T.. Accessed: 7 May 2025.