Helophilus

Helophilus
Helophilus pendulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Genus:	Helophilus Meigen, 1822

Helophilus are a diverse genus of moderate to large hoverflies, that appear somewhat bee-like. Larvae filter-feed in organic rich water. All Helophilus adults have a distinctive lengthwise striped thorax and a transverse striped abdomen.^[1][2]

Species

Subgenus: Helophilus Helophilus affinis Wahlberg, 1844 Helophilus bilinearis Williston, 1887 Helophilus borealis Staeger, 1845[3] Helophilus bottnicus Wahlberg, 1844 Helophilus celeber Osten Sacken, 1882 Helophilus consimilis Malm, 1863 Helophilus continuus Loew, 1854 Helophilus contractus (Claussen & Pedersen, 1980) Helophilus distinctus Williston, 1887 Helophilus divisus Loew, 1863 Helophilus fasciatus Walker, 1849 Helophilus frutetorum (Fabricius, 1775) Helophilus groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1780) Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846 Helophilus insignis Violovitsh, 1979[3] Helophilus intentus Curran and Fluke, 1922 Helophilus interpunctus (Harris, 1776) Helophilus kurentzovi (Violovitsh, 1960) Helophilus laetus Loew, 1863 Helophilus lapponicus Wahlberg, 1844 Helophilus latifrons Loew, 1863 Helophilus lineatus (Fabricius, 1787) Helophilus lunulatus Meigen, 1822 Helophilus neoaffinis Fluke, 1949 Helophilus obscurus Loew, 1863 Helophilus obsoletus Loew, 1863 Helophilus oxycanus (Walker, 1852) Helophilus parallelus (Harris, 1776) Helophilus pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Helophilus perfidiosus (Hunter, 1897) Helophilus pilosus Hunter, 1897 Helophilus relictus (Curran & Fluke, 1926) Helophilus rex (Curran & Fluke, 1926) Helophilus sapporensis Matsumura, 1911 Helophilus sibiricus Smirnov, 1923[3] Helophilus stipatus Walker, 1849 Helophilus transfugus (Linnaeus, 1758) Helophilus trivittatus (Fabricius, 1805) Helophilus turanicus Smirnov, 1923[3] Helophilus versicolor (Fabricius, 1794) Helophilus virgatus Coquillett, 1898

Subgenus: Pilinasica[4][5] Helophilus antipodus Schiner, 1868 Helophilus campbelli (Miller, 1921) Helophilus campbellicus Hutton, 1902 Helophilus cargilli Miller, 1911 Helophilus chathamensis Hutton, 1901 Helophilus cingulatus Fabricius, 1775 Helophilus hectori Miller, 1924 Helophilus hochstetteri Nowicki, 1875 Helophilus ineptus Walker, 1849 Helophilus montanus (Miller, 1921) Helophilus seelandicus Gmelin, 1790 Helophilus taruensis Miller, 1924

References

1. Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
2. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (2002). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd revised ed.). British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 469. ISBN 978-1899935055.
3. Barkalov, A.V. "Syrphidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Novosibirsk, Russia: the Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
4. Wikispecies: Helophilus (Pilinasica) page - http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Helophilus_(Pilinasica)
5. Thompson, F.C. 2008: A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa, 1716: 1-20. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01716p020.pdf