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Somula
Somula is a genus of syrphid flies in the family Syrphidae. There are at least two described species in Somula. thumb|Somula decora
Pararctophila
Pararctophila is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Meligramma
Meligramma is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae.
Cacoceria
Cacoceria is a genus of hoverflies.
Habromyia
Habromyia is a genus of around 3 Neotropical hoverflies.
Tuberculanostoma
Tuberculanostoma is a genus of hoverflies.
Simosyrphus
Simosyrphus is a genus of hoverfly.
Takaomyia
Takaomyia is a genus of hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Dolichogyna
Dolichogyna is a genus of hoverflies.
Cervicorniphora
Cervicorniphora alcicornis is a species of Australian hoverfly, and the only species in the genus Cervicorniphora.
Epistrophella
Epistrophella is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae, formerly treated as a subgenus of Epistrophe.
Austrophilus
Austrophilus is a genus of hoverflies. There are 5 known species, all found in the Australia region. Austrophilus is closely related to Habromyia.
Hiatomyia
Hiatomyia is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies that are shiny black with a plumose arista.
Riponnensia
Riponnensia is a genus of hoverflies.
Hemixylota
Hemixylota is a genus of hoverflies in the family Syrphidae.
Schizoceratomyia
Schizoceratomyia is a genus of hoverflies, with four known species. Larvae are found in ant nests. They are native to the Neotropics.
Hemilampra
Hemilampra is a genus of hoverflies.
Macrometopia
Macrometopia is a South American genus of hoverfly, restricted to the high Andes.
Simoides
Simoides is a genus of 7 species of Afrotropical hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Hammerschmidtia
Hammerschmidtia is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies whose larvae live in sap under the bark of freshly fallen trees. ==Diagnostics== For terminology see Speight key to genera and glossary The face of the male is tuberculate, with long hairs on the upper and lower sides of the lower three-quarters of the arista. Most of the hairs are several times longer than the arista. The scutum is armed with very evident spines, while the anepisternum, postalar callus, and scutellum have strong bristles. The abdomen is twice as long as the thorax, and the first posterior cell does not end acutely from the a
Stilbosoma
Stilbosoma is a genus of hoverflies.
Valdiviomyia
Valdiviomyia is a genus of hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Deineches
Deineches is a genus of hoverflies from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Nepenthosyrphus
Nepenthosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae.
Monoceromyia
Monoceromyia is a genus of hoverfly. Species in the genus are found in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Neotropical and Oriental regions. They are mimics of wasps and the genus is distinguished by the metapleura being widely separate behind the hind coxae. The elongated frontal base of the antenna is at least as long as the basal segment of the antenna and the second abdominal tergum is longer than wide and constricted.
Chasmomma
Chasmomma is a genus of hoverflies.
Lycastris
Lycastris is a genus of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
Senaspis
Senaspis is a genus of 14 species of Afrotropical hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Chamaesphegina
Chamaesphegina is a genus of South American hoverflies.
Azpeytia
Azpeytia is a genus of hoverfly. Larvae of one species Azpeytia shirakii is known to live in the corms and stems of an orchid Gastrodia elata.
Paramicrodon
Paramicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with eight known species. They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5.
Chromocheilosia
Chromocheilosia is a genus of South American hoverflies.