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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
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
^ Coe, R.L. (1953). Diptera: Syrphidae, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 10 Pt 1 . Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 98pp.
^ 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 .
^ a b c 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 .
^ Wikispecies: Helophilus (Pilinasica) page - http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Helophilus_(Pilinasica)
^ 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