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Syritta
Syritta is a genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae.
The genus probably originated in the Afrotropical region. 13 of the 18 recognized species groups are found south of the Sahara. 15 species inhabit the Oriental and Australian-Pacific regions, and only six species are described from the Palearctic region. The two species that occur in North America as far south as Mexico, S. flaviventris and S. pipiens, were probably introduced by humans.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Thick-legged Hover Fly
speciesSyritta pipiens
Peg-legged Compost Fly
speciesSyritta flaviventris
Syritta orientalis
speciesSyritta orientalis
Syritta luteinervis
speciesSyritta luteinervis
Syritta hackeri
speciesSyritta hackeri
Syritta indica
speciesSyritta indica
Syritta fasciata
speciesSyritta fasciata
Syritta stigmatica
speciesSyritta stigmatica
Syritta aenigmatopatria
speciesSyritta aenigmatopatria
Syritta bulbus
speciesSyritta bulbus
Syritta austeni
speciesSyritta austeni
Syritta breva
speciesSyritta breva
Syritta proximata
speciesSyritta proximata
Syritta hirta
speciesSyritta hirta
Syritta unicolor
speciesSyritta unicolor
Syritta oceanica
speciesSyritta oceanica
Syritta leucopleura
speciesSyritta leucopleura
Syritta angulata
speciesSyritta angulata
Syritta dentata
speciesSyritta dentata
Syritta divergata
speciesSyritta divergata
Syritta fusca
speciesSyritta fusca
Syritta latitarsata
speciesSyritta latitarsata
Syritta leona
speciesSyritta leona
Syritta londti
speciesSyritta londti
Syritta longiseta
speciesSyritta longiseta
Syritta nigrifemorata
speciesSyritta nigrifemorata
Syritta rufa
speciesSyritta rufa
Syritta stuckenbergi
speciesSyritta stuckenbergi
Syritta vitripennis
speciesSyritta vitripennis
Syritta decora
speciesSyritta decora
Syritta dilatata
speciesSyritta dilatata
Syritta hova
speciesSyritta hova
Syritta vittata
speciesSyritta vittata
Syritta natalensis
speciesSyritta natalensis
Syritta maritima
speciesSyritta maritima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81980.