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The Flower Flies or Hover Flies (Diptera: Syrphoidea) of Papua Indonesia

by Joaquin (Ximo) Mengual & F. Christian Thompson

The only represented family in Papua is Syrphidae.

Listed Papua species: 79 (with certainty) [26 endemic species for Papua Indonesia], 27 uncertainty but known from Papua New Guinea [27 endemic species for Papua New Guinea]

Species of which the occurance in Papua Indonesia is not certain are coloured grey.

 

SYRPHIDAE

Microdontinae

Microdon Meigen, 1803

grageti De Meijere, 1908 [endemic]

incisuralis (Walker, 1865) [endemic]

limbinervis De Meijere, 1908

luctiferus (Walker, 1865) [endemic]

novaeguineae De Meijere, 1908

obscurus Van der Wulp, 1898

papuanus Van Doesburg, 1959 [endemic]

tuberculatus De Meijere, 1913 [endemic]

venosus (Walker, 1865) [endemic]

Paramicrodon De Meijere, 1913

lorentzi De Meijere, 1913 [endemic]

Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923

odyneroides (De Meijere, 1908)

Syrphinae

Tribe Bacchini

Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

apicale Bigot, 1884

Tribe Paragini

Paragus Latreille, 1804

atratus De Meijere, 1906

politus Wiedemann, 1830

Serratoparagus Vujic & Radenkovic, 2008

crenulatus Thomson, 1869

Tribe Syrphini

Allobaccha Curran, 1928

atra (Van Doesburg, 1959) [endemic]

basalis (Walker, 1861) [endemic]

denhoedi (Van Doesburg, 1959) [endemic]

flavipes (Van Doesburg, 1959) [endemic]

loriae (De Meijere, 1908)

mundula (Van der Wulp, 1898) [endemic]

purpuricola (Walker, 1859)

rubella (Van der Wulp, 1898)

sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830)

pallida (De Meijere, 1908)

Allograpta Osten Sacken, 1875

distincta (Kertész, 1899)

Asarkina Macquart, 1834

bigoti Van der Goot, 1964 [endemic]
cingulata (Bigot, 1884)

biroi Bezzi, 1908

eurytaeniata Bezzi, 1908

longirostris (De Meijere, 1908)

morokanaensis (De Meijere, 1908)

papuana Bezzi, 1908

ribbei Bezzi, 1908

salviae (Fabricius, 1787)

Betasyrphus Matsumura, 1917

serarius Wiedemann, 1830

Citrogramma Vockeroth, 1969

bicornutum Vockeroth, 1969

circumdatus (De Meijere, 1908)

luteifrons (De Meijere, 1908)

quadricornutum Vockeroth, 1969

sedlacekorum Vockeroth, 1969

Dideopsis Matsumura, 1917

aegrotus (Fabricius, 1805)

Eosphaerophoria Frey, 1946

adornata Mengual, 2010

bifida Mengual, 2010

luteofasciata Mengual, 2010

nigrovittata Mengual, 2010

Episyrphus Matsumura & Adachi, 1917
sg. Asiobaccha Violovitsh, 1976

bicolor (Austen, 1893)

sg. Episyrphus Matsumura & Adachi, 1917

alternans (Macquart, 1842)

nectarinus (Wiedemann, 1830)

Giluwea Vockeroth, 1969

flavomacula Vockeroth, 1969

nigra Vockeroth, 1969

Ischiodon Sack, 1913

scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)

Melangyna Verrall, 1901

dichoptica Vockeroth, 1969

Sphaerophoria Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

macrogaster (Thomson, 1869)

Unplaced Syrphini

demeijerei (Curran, 1947)
elongatus (de Meijere, 1908)

triangulifrons (de Meijere, 1908)


Eristalinae

Tribe Volucellini

Graptomyza Wiedemann, 1820

loewi (Van der Goot, 1964) [endemic]
substitutus (Walker, 1861)

longicornis De Meijere, 1908

punctata De Meijere, 1908

trilineata De Meijere, 1908

Ornidia Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

obesa (Fabricius, 1775)

Tribe Eristaliini
Subtribe Helophilina

Austrophilus Thompson, 2000

necopinus Thompson, 2000

obscurus Thompson, 2000 [endemic]

terraereginae (Ferguson, 1926)

Mesembrius Rondani, 1857

bengalensis (Wiedemann, 1819)

fulvus (De Meijere, 1908)

hilaris (Walker, 1849)

wulpi Van der Goot, 1964
albiceps (Wulp, 1868)

Subtribe Eristaliina

Austalis Thompson & Vockeroth, 2003

ciliatus (De Meijere, 1913) [endemic]

cupreoides (Van der Goot, 1964)
cupreus (De Meijere, 1908)

latilimbatus (De Meijere, 1913) [endemic]

lucilioides (Walker, 1861)

resoluta (Walker, 1858)

triseriatus (De Meijere, 1913) [endemic]

Digulia de Meijere, 1913

kochi De Meijere, 1913

Dissoptera Edwards, 1915

heterothrix (De Meijere, 1908)
pollinosa Edwards, 1915

Eristalinus Rondani, 1845

arvorum (Fabricius, 1787)

aurulans (Wiedemann, 1824)
kochi (de Meijere, 1908)

obliquus (Wiedemann, 1824)

placens (Walker, 1864)

splendens (Le Guillou, 1842)

suavissimus (Walker, 1859)

unplaced Eristalis species

fenestrata (De Meijere, 1908)

lunatus (De Meijere, 1908)

saphirina (Bigot, 1880) [endemic?]

Keda Curran, 1931

conclusus (Walker, 1859)

Kertesziomyia Shiraki, 1930

conducta (Walker, 1858)
collaris (de Meijere, 1908)

distinctus (De Meijere, 1913) [endemic]

nigra (Wiedemann, 1824)
obscurata (Walker, 1861)

Phytomia Guerin-Meneville, 1833

zonata (Fabricius, 1787)

Solenaspis Osten Sacken, 1881

nitens (Bigot, 1880)

Tribe Cerioidini

Ceriana Rafinesque, 1815

annulifera (Walker, 1861) [endemic]

metallica (Van der Wulp, 1898)

Tribe Merodontini

Azpeytia Walker, 1865

scutatus (De Meijere, 1908)

scutellaris Walker, 1865

Eumerus Meigen, 1822

argentipes Walker, 1861

aurifrons (Wiedemann, 1824)

peltatus De Meijere, 1908

Tribe Xylotini

Chalcosyrphus Curran, 1925

melanocephala (Hippa, 1978) [endemic]

Syritta Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

hackeri Klöcker, 1924

luteinervis De Meijere, 1908

noona Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005

orientalis Macquart, 1842

papua Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 [endemic]

polita Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005

Xylota Meigen, 1822

aeneimaculata De Meijere, 1908 [endemic]

iriana Hippa, 1978 [endemic]

novaeguineae Hippa, 1978 [endemic]

 

[updated on 1st February 2010]