Philhelius

Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology.[1][2] Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym.[3]

Philhelius
Philhelius pedissequus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Philhelius
Stephens, 1841
Species

See text

Synonyms

Xanthogramma Schiner, 1860

Species
  • Philhelius anisomorphum (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
  • Philhelius caucasicus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius citrofasciatus (De Geer, 1776)
  • Philhelius coreanus (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Philhelius dives (Rondani, 1857)
  • Philhelius evanescens (Becker & Stein 19137)
  • Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
  • Philhelius hissaricus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius kirgiristanus (Enderlein 19387)
  • Philhelius laetus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Philhelius maculipennis (Mik, 1887)
  • Philhelius marginalis (Loew, 1854)
  • Philhelius pedissequus (Harris, 1778)
  • Philhelius qinlingensis (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
  • Philhelius sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
  • Philhelius seximaculatus (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
  • Philhelius sichotanus (Violovitsh, 1975)
  • Philhelius stackelbergi (Violovitsh, 1975)

References
  1. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
  2. Stubbs, A.E.; Falk, S.J. (2002). British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide (Second ed.). Reading: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 1–469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
  3. Evenhuis NL. Nomenclatural studies toward a World List of Diptera genus-group names. Part VI: Daniel William Coquillett. Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 18;4381(1):1-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4381.1.1. PMID: 29689947
  4. Huo, K.-K.; Ren, G.; Zheng, Z. (2007). Fauna of Syrphidae from Mt. Qinling-Bash in China (Insecta: Diptera) (in Chinese and English). Beijing: Beijing Huonzheng Printer Ltd Co. pp. 1–512.


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