Helophilus

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]

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

Species

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

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