Rhingiini

Cheilosia is a genus of hoverfly. Most Cheilosia are black or largely un-coloured, lacking the bright colours and patterns of many hoverfly species. It is one of the most species diverse genera of hoverflies. The biology of many species is little understood, but where known, the larvae of Cheilosia species feed in the stems of plants or in fungi.

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thumb|Rhingia nasica male

genus of hoverflies

species of hoverfly

Pelecocera is a Holarctic genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Antennae with segment 3 a half moon shape (flat above, only rounded below) or triangular, in the female the arista very thick, spike-like, inserted at the anterior extremity of segment 3. They are small black and yellow or orange flies found mainly on heaths.

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species of hoverfly

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Croesus

Psarus is a monotypic genus of hoverfly endemic to Europe. Its only species, Psarus abdominalis is 8.5–10 mm long. The body and head are glossy black. The frons has a distinct tubercle. The elongate antennae are porrect, with the arista on the apical half of the third segment. The abdominal tergites are extensively orange. Psarus abdominalis occurs from France in the west to European Russia in the east, and from the Baltic in the north to Greece in the south. It is now locally extinct and threatened. The habitat of the species is forest landscape and mixed agricultural landscape (bocage).

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species of insect

species of insect

Portevinia is a genus of hoverflies. There is only one European species - P. maculata.

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species of insect

species of insect

Hiatomyia is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies that are shiny black with a plumose arista.