| Syritta | |
|---|---|
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| male Syritta pipiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Milesiini |
| Genus: | Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, 1828[1] |
| Type species | |
| Musca pipiens | |
| Diversity | |
| 60 species | |
| Synonyms | |
Syritta is a genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae.[6]
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.
One of the most common species of this genus is Syritta pipiens, a hoverfly from Europe, currently distributed across Eurasia and North America.
- ^ Le Peletier, Amédée Louis Michel, de Saint Fargeau; Serville, ean Guillaume Audinet (1828). In: Latreille, P. A., A. L. M. Lepeletier, J. G. A. Serville, & F. E. Guérin-Méneville. Entomologie, Ou Histoire Naturelle Des Crustacés, Des Arachnides Et Des Insectes. In: Encyclopédie methodique, Histoire naturelle. Vol. tome dixième. Paris: Agasse. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Zetterstedt, J. W. (1837). "Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum". Isis (Oken's). 21: 28–67.
- ^ Gistel, J.N.F.X. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs fur hohere Schulen. Stuttgart: R. Hoffmann. pp. xvi + 216 + [4] pp. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Rondani, Camillo (1873). "Muscaria exotica Musei Civici Januensis. Fragmentum I. Species aliquae in Abyssinia (Regione Bogos) lectae a Doct. O. Beccari et March. O. Antinori, anno 1870-71". Annali Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova. 4: 282–294. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Marnef, L. (1967). "Austrosyritta cortesi nov. gen., nov. sp. de sirfido de Chile (Diptera Syrphidae)". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 103: 268–276.
- ^ Lyneborg, Leif; Barkemeyer, Werner (2005). The Genus Syritta: A World Revision of the Genus Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Entomonograph. Vol. 15. Apollo Books. p. 224. ISBN 87-88757-53-6.