☰ Checklist Photos Relationships Symposia Syrphidae?
male of Brachyopa panzeri Goffe, 1945:278
male of Brachypalpus laphriformis (Fallén, 1816):22
female of Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758):591
female of Criorhina ranunculi (Panzer, 1805):21
female of Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822):306
female of Ferdinandea cuprea (Scopoli, 1763):355
male of Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846:141
male of Tropidia scita (Harris, 1780):107
male of Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822):318
male of Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1758):592

Welcome

Syrphidae (Diptera) is an insect family of flies commonly known as flower or hoverflies with ± 6½ thousand species worldwide. They are excelent imitators of wasps, bees and bumblebees without the stinging. Because of their superb mimicry their importance in our ecosytem if often overlooked in favour of bees. Syrphids however provide the following main ecosystem services: pollination, long distance plant gene flow and natural biological control. In recent decades mass decline has been observed, probably due to the combination of pesticides, habitat loss, monoculture and climate warming.

This website is devoted to give you the best overview according to the latest scientific discoveries. Have a look as the "Syrphidae?" page for an overview.

News

Symposium 2026

22nd till 27th June 2026
The 13th International Syrphidae Symposium will be held in the Natural Park of Paneveggio (Italy, Alss).

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Relationships

As of september 2024 a new section is added to the syrphidae website: Relationships. A place where all type of associations around Syrphids in every cyclus of their live is brought together. Initially started as a project to add the hoverfly predatory database (Rojo et al 2003) to the site.


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