Cheilosia
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Cheilosia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of hoverfly
Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...

. 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 larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...

e of Cheilosia species feed in the stems of plants or in fungi.

Systematics

Species include:
  • Cheilosia abagoensis Scufjin, 1979
  • Cheilosia abbreviata Shiraki, 1953
  • Cheilosia aenigmatosa Barkalov, 1993
  • Cheilosia aerea (Dufour, 1848)
  • Cheilosia ahenea (von Roser, 1840)
  • Cheilosia alaskensis (Hunter, 1897)
  • Cheilosia alba Vujic & Claussen, 2000
  • Cheilosia albipila
    Cheilosia albipila
    Cheilosia albipila is a European and Asian species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly...

    Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1838
  • Cheilosia albitarsis
    Cheilosia albitarsis
    Cheilosia albitarsis is an abundant European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in spring visiting buttercup flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant....

    (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia albohirta (Hellén, 1930)
  • Cheilosia aldrichi (Hunter, 1896)
  • Cheilosia alpestris (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia alpina (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • Cheilosia amicorum van der Goot, 1964
  • Cheilosia andalusiaca Torp Pedersen, 1971
  • Cheilosia angustigena (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia annulifemur (Stackelberg, 1930)
  • Cheilosia antiqua (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia aokii Shiraki, 1953
  • Cheilosia aratica Barkalov, 1978
  • Cheilosia aristata Barkalov & Ståhls, 1997
  • Cheilosia arkita Zimina, 1970
  • Cheilosia armeniaca Stackelberg, 1960
  • Cheilosia atriseta (Oldenberg, 1916)
  • Cheilosia atrocapilla Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia baldensis (Marcuzzi, 1941)
  • Cheilosia balkana Vujic, 1994
  • Cheilosia balu Violovitsh, 1966
  • Cheilosia barbata Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia bardus (Harris
    Moses Harris
    Moses Harris was an English entomologist and engraver.In the Natural System of Colours he examined the work of Isaac Newton and tried to reveal the multitude of colours which can be created from three basic ones...

    , 1780)
  • Cheilosia barkalovi Stahls, 1977
  • Cheilosia baroni (Williston, 1887)
  • Cheilosia barovskii (Stackelberg, 1930)
  • Cheilosia beckeri (Strobl, 1909)
  • Cheilosia bergenstammi
    Cheilosia bergenstammi
    Cheilosia bergenstammi is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in summer visiting ragwort flowers and this plant is also the larval hostplant....

    (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia bicolorata (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia bigelowi (Curran, 1926)
  • Cheilosia bombiformis (Matsumura
    Shonen Matsumura
    was a Japanese entomologist .Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied and theoretical...

    , 1911)
  • Cheilosia borealis (Coquillett
    Daniel William Coquillett
    Daniel William Coquillett was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae...

    , 1900)
  • Cheilosia brachysoma Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia bracusi Vujic & Claussen, 1994
  • Cheilosia brevipennis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia brevipila Shiraki, 1968
  • Cheilosia browni Curran, 1931
  • Cheilosia brunnipennis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia burkei (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia caerulescens (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia caltha (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia canada Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia canicularis (Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...

    , 1801)
  • Cheilosia capillata (Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863)
  • Cheilosia carbonaria
    Cheilosia carbonaria
    Cheilosia carbonaria is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly...

    Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia catalina (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia chalybescens (Williston, 1893)
  • Cheilosia changaica Peck, 1979
  • Cheilosia chintimini (Lovett, 1921)
  • Cheilosia chloris (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia christophori (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia chrysochlamys (Williston, 1891)
  • Cheilosia chrysocoma (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia clama Claussen & Vujic, 1995
  • Cheilosia clausseni Barkalov & Ståhls, 1997
  • Cheilosia coerulea Fluke and Hull, 1946
  • Cheilosia columbiae (Curran, 1922)
  • Cheilosia comosa (Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863)
  • Cheilosia conifacies Stackelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia consentiens (Curran, 1926)
  • Cheilosia convexifrons Stackelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia cottrelli Telford, 1939
  • Cheilosia crassiseta Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1859
  • Cheilosia cratorhina Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia cumanica (Szilády, 1938)
  • Cheilosia curvitibia (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia cyanescens Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863
  • Cheilosia cynocephala Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1840
  • Cheilosia cynoprosopa Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia cystorhyncha Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia derasa Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia dificilis (Herve-Bazin, 1929)
  • Cheilosia distincta Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia edashigei Shiraki, 1968
  • Cheilosia egregia Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia eurodes (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia exigua Barkalov & Peck, 1977
  • Cheilosia fasciata
    Cheilosia fasciata
    Cheilosia fasciata is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is mostly black,Cheilosia semifasciata is often misidentified as Cheilosia fasciata....

    Schiner & Egger, 1853
  • Cheilosia faucis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia ferruginea (Lovett, 1919)
  • Cheilosia flavipes (Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...

    , 1798)
  • Cheilosia flavosericea Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia florella (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia formasana (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia fraterna (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1830)
  • Cheilosia frontalis Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia gagatea Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia gemini (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia gerstackeri (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia gibbosa (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia gigantea (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • Cheilosia gorodkovi Stackelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia grahami Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia granulata (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia griseifacies Vujic, 1994
  • Cheilosia griseiventris Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia grisella (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia grossa
    Cheilosia grossa
    Cheilosia grossa is a widespread European species of hoverfly. Adults can be found in spring on sallow catkins and the larvae tunnel in the stems of various thistle species....

    (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1817)
  • Cheilosia heptapotamica Stackelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia herculana Bradescu, 1982
  • Cheilosia hercyniae Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia hermiona Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia hesperia (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia hiantha Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia himantopa (Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...

    , 1798)
  • Cheilosia honesta Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...

    , 1868
  • Cheilosia hoodiana (Bigot
    Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
    Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...

    , 1883)
  • Cheilosia hunteri (Curran, 1922)
  • Cheilosia hypena (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia iberica Marcos-Garcia & Claussen, 1989
  • Cheilosia illustrata
    Cheilosia illustrata
    Cheilosia illustrata is a common European species of hoverfly. It is usually seen on umbellifers, particularly common hogweed flowers....

    (Harris
    Moses Harris
    Moses Harris was an English entomologist and engraver.In the Natural System of Colours he examined the work of Isaac Newton and tried to reveal the multitude of colours which can be created from three basic ones...

    , 1780)
  • Cheilosia imperfecta (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1921)
  • Cheilosia impressa Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1840
  • Cheilosia impudens (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia ingerae Nielsen & Claussen, 2001
  • Cheilosia ingrica Stackelberg, 1958
  • Cheilosia insignis Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia intermedia Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia iwawakiensis (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia japonica (Hervé-Bazin, 1914)
  • Cheilosia josankeiana (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia julietta (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia katara Claussen & Vujic, 1993
  • Cheilosia kerteszi (Szilády, 1938)
  • Cheilosia kirgizorum Peck, 1971
  • Cheilosia kiritshenkoi Stakelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia kolomietsi Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia kuznetzovae Skufjin, 1977
  • Cheilosia laevifrons (Jones, 1907)
  • Cheilosia laeviseta Claussen, 1987
  • Cheilosia laevis (Bigot
    Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
    Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...

    , 1884)
  • Cheilosia laeviventris Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia lasiopa (Kowarz
    Ferdinand Kowarz
    Ferdinand Kowarz , was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe...

    , 1885)
  • Cheilosia lasiophthalmus Williston, 1882
  • Cheilosia laticornis Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia latifaciella (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia latifrons
    Cheilosia latifrons
    Cheilosia latifrons is a species of 'Flower Flies' or hoverflies belonging to the family Syrphidae subfamily Eristalinae.This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa....

    (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843)
  • Cheilosia latigena Barkalov & Peck, 1994
  • Cheilosia latigenis Claussen & Kassebeer, 1993
  • Cheilosia latrans (Walker
    Francis Walker (entomologist)
    Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....

    , 1849)
  • Cheilosia lenis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia lenta (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia leucoparea (Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863)
  • Cheilosia limbicornis (Strobl, 1909)
  • Cheilosia livida (Wehr, 1922)
  • Cheilosia loewi (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia lola Zimina, 1970
  • Cheilosia longipennis (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia longiptera Shiraki, 1968
  • Cheilosia longistyla Barkalov & Peck, 1994
  • Cheilosia longula (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • Cheilosia lucida Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia lucta (Snow, 1895)
  • Cheilosia lukashovae Barkalov, 1993
  • Cheilosia luna Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia lutea Barkalov, 1979
  • Cheilosia margarita Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia marginata (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia matsumurana (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia meganosa Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia megatarsa Fluke and Hull, 1947
  • Cheilosia melanopa (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843)
  • Cheilosia melanura (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia metallina (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia milkoi Barkalov, 2003
  • Cheilosia montana Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia montanipes Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • Cheilosia motodomariensis Matsumura
    Shonen Matsumura
    was a Japanese entomologist .Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied and theoretical...

    , 1916
  • Cheilosia mupinensis Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia mutabilis
    Cheilosia mutabilis
    Cheilosia mutabilis is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded, and is considured rare and scarce throughout most of its range....

    (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1817)
  • Cheilosia mutini Barkalov, 1984
  • Cheilosia nannomorpha Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia nartshukae Barkalov & Peck, 1977
  • Cheilosia naruska Haarto & Kerppola, 2007
  • Cheilosia nasica Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia nebulosa (Verrall
    George Henry Verrall
    George Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...

    , 1871)
  • Cheilosia neversicolor Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia nigresens Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia nigripes (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia nigroapicata (Curran, 1926)
  • Cheilosia nigrobarba Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia nigrofasciata (Curran, 1926)
  • Cheilosia nigrovittata (Lovett, 1919)
  • Cheilosia nikkoensis (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia nivalis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia nuda Shiraki, 1930
  • Cheilosia nudifacies (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1821)
  • Cheilosia nudiseta (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia obesa Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia occidentalis Curran, 1922
  • Cheilosia occidentalis Williston, 1882
  • Cheilosia occulta Barkalov, 1988
  • Cheilosia okinawae (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia orilliaenis (Curran, 1922)
  • Cheilosia orilliaensis Curran, 1922
  • Cheilosia orthotricha Vujic & Claussen, 1994
  • Cheilosia pacifica Hunter, 1897
  • Cheilosia pagana
    Cheilosia pagana
    Cheilosia pagana is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded, and is considered scarce throughout some parts of its range....

    (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia pallipes Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863
  • Cheilosia parachloris (Herve-Bazin, 1929)
  • Cheilosia paralobi Malski, 1962
  • Cheilosia pascuorum (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia pedemontana Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia pedestris (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia personata Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia pictipennis Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia pikei Shannon, 1922
  • Cheilosia pilifacies Peck, 1971
  • Cheilosia pilifer (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia pilosipes Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia pini (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia planifascies (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia plumbella (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia plutonia Hunter, 1897
  • Cheilosia pluto Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia polita (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia polja Barkalov, 1990
  • Cheilosia pollinata Barkalov, 1982
  • Cheilosia pollinifacies Stackelberg, 1968
  • Cheilosia pontiaca (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia porcina Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia posjetica Barkalov, 1981
  • Cheilosia prima (Hunter, 1896)
  • Cheilosia primoriensis Barkalov, 1990
  • Cheilosia primoveris (Shannon, 1915)
  • Cheilosia promethea Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia proxima (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843)
  • Cheilosia psilophthalma (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia pubera (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1838)
  • Cheilosia punctulata (Hunter, 1897)
  • Cheilosia ranunculi Doczkal, 2000
  • Cheilosia recens (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia reniformis (Hellén, 1930)
  • Cheilosia rhinoprosopa Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia rhodiolae Schmid, 2000
  • Cheilosia rhynchops Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia rita (Curran, 1922)
  • Cheilosia robusta (Hine, 1922)
  • Cheilosia rodgersi (Wainwright, 1911)
  • Cheilosia rotundiventris (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia ruficollis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia rufimana (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia rufiventris Peck, 1969
  • Cheilosia sahlbergi (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia sapporensis (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia schineri Egger, 1860
  • Cheilosia schnabli (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia scilla Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia scutellata (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1817)
  • Cheilosia semenovi Barkalov, 2003
  • Cheilosia semifasciata (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia sensua (Curran, 1922)
  • Cheilosia sera Barkalov, 1999
  • Cheilosia seripila Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia shannoni (Curran, 1923)
  • Cheilosia sibirica (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia sichotana (Stackelberg, 1930)
  • Cheilosia siciliana Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894
  • Cheilosia signaticornis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia signatiseta Hunter, 1897
  • Cheilosia sini Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia sonoriana (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia sootryeni Nielsen, 1970
  • Cheilosia soror (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1843)
  • Cheilosia sorrorcula (Williston, 1891)
  • Cheilosia speculum Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia stackelbergiana Barkalov, 2003
  • Cheilosia stackelbergi Barkalov & Peck, 1994
  • Cheilosia subalbipila (Violovitsh, 1956)
  • Cheilosia subchalybea (Curran, 1923)
  • Cheilosia submodesta (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1922)
  • Cheilosia subpictipennis Claussen, 1998
  • Cheilosia sulcifrons Kaplan, 1981
  • Cheilosia suspecta Barkalov & Cheng, 1998
  • Cheilosia swannanoa Brimley, 1925
  • Cheilosia tantalus Hull and Fluke, 1950
  • Cheilosia thalassica Peck, 1971
  • Cheilosia tokushimaensis Shiraki, 1968
  • Cheilosia tonsa (Sack, 1938)
  • Cheilosia transcaucasica Stackelberg, 1960
  • Cheilosia tristis Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1863
  • Cheilosia tyanshanica Barkalov & Peck, 1994
  • Cheilosia umbrisquama (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia urakawensis (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Cheilosia urbana (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia ussuriana Barkalov, 1980
  • Cheilosia uviformis (Becker
    Theodor Becker
    Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

    , 1894)
  • Cheilosia vangaveri (Timon-David, 1937)
  • Cheilosia variabilis
    Cheilosia variabilis
    Cheilosia variabilis is a European species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. It is little recorded, and is considured rare and scarce throughout most of its range....

    (Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
    Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...

    , 1798)
  • Cheilosia varnensis Claussen, 2000
  • Cheilosia velutina Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1840
  • Cheilosia venosa Loew
    Hermann Loew
    Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...

    , 1857
  • Cheilosia vernalis (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1817)
  • Cheilosia versicolor Curran, 1929
  • Cheilosia vicina
    Cheilosia vicina
    Cheilosia vicina is a hoverfly species found in Great Britain....

    (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...

    , 1849)
  • Cheilosia victoria (Hervé-Bazin, 1930)
  • Cheilosia violaceozonata Palma, 1863
  • Cheilosia violovitshi Barkalov, 1979
  • Cheilosia vtorovi Peck, 1969
  • Cheilosia vujici Claussen & Doczkal, 1998
  • Cheilosia vulpina (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...

    , 1822)
  • Cheilosia wisconsinensis Fluke and Hull, 1947
  • Cheilosia xantella Barkalov & Peck, 1997
  • Cheilosia yesonica Matsumura
    Shonen Matsumura
    was a Japanese entomologist .Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied and theoretical...

    , 1905
  • Cheilosia yukonensis (Shannon, 1922)
  • Cheilosia zinchenkoi Barkalov, 2003
  • Cheilosia zinovievi Stackelberg, 1963
  • Cheilosia zlotini Peck, 1969
  • Cheilosia zmilampis Violovitsh, 1975
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