''Ceriana'' is a

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. All species are wasp

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Systematics

Species include: *'' C. abbreviata'' Loew, 1864 *'' C. alboseta'' (Ferguson, 1926) *'' C. ancoralis'' ( Coquillett, 1902) *'' C. annulifera'' (

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, 1861) *'' C.antipoda'' (

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1860) *'' C.apicalis'' (Ferguson 1926) *'' C.aurata'' ( Curran 1927) *'' C.australis'' (Macquart 1850) *'' C.brevis'' ( Brunetti, 1923) *'' C. brunettii'' (Shannon, 1927) *'' C. brunettii'' ( Shannon 1927) *'' C. brunnea'' (

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, 1944) *'' C. cacica'' (

, 1860) *'' C. caesarea'' (

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, 1928) *'' C. caucasica'' ( Paramonov, 1927) *'' C. chekiangensis'' (Ôuchi, 1943) *'' C. chiefengensis'' (Ôuchi, 1943) *'' C. compacta'' ( Brunetti, 1907) *'' C. conopsoides'' (

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) *'' C. cylindrica'' ( Curran, 1921) *'' C. dilatipes'' ( Brunetti, 1929) *'' C. dimidiatipennis'' ( Brunetti, 1923) *'' C. dirickxi'' ( Thompson, 2013) *'' C. divisa'' (

, 1857) *'' C. durani'' (Davidson, 1925) *'' C. euphara'' ( Riek, 1954) *'' C. formosensis'' (Shiraki, 1930) *'' C. gibbosa'' Violovitsh, 1980 *'' C. glaebosa'' (Steenis, Ricartean Steenis, Ricarte, Vujic, Birtele & Speight, 2016) *'' C. hungkingi'' ( Shannon, 1927) *'' C. ismayi'' ( Thompson, 2015) *'' C. lypra'' ( Riek, 1954) *'' C. macquarti'' Shannon, 1925 *'' C. mellivora'' ( Shannon, 1927) *'' C. mime'' (Hull, 1935) *'' C. naja'' Violovitsh, 1974 *'' C. oceanica'' (

, 1944) *'' C. optata'' ( Riek, 1954) *'' C. opuntiae'' (Ferguson, 1926) *'' C. ornata'' (

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1845) *'' C. opuntiae'' (Ferguson, 1926) *'' C. ornatifrons'' ( Brunetti, 1915) *'' C. pedicellata'' ( Williston, 1887) *'' C. pictula'' ( Loew, 1853) *'' C. platypus'' (Ferguson, 1926) *'' C. ponti'' ( Thompson, 2013) *'' C. relictura'' (

, 1858) *'' C. rieki'' (Goot, 1964) *'' C. sartorum'' Smirnov, 1924 *'' C. saundersi'' ( Shannon, 1925) *'' C. skevingtoni'' (Steenis, Ricartean Steenis, Ricarte, Vujic, Birtele & Speight, 2016) *'' C. smaragdina'' (

, 1858) *'' C. snowi'' (Adams, 1904) *'' C. sphenotoma'' ( Riek, 1954) *'' C. tridens'' ( Loew, 1872) *'' C. vespiformis'' ( Latreille, 1804) *'' C. wyatti'' ( Thompson, 2015)

Gallery

Ceriana_conopsoides_1.jpg, ''Ceriana conopsoides'' Frontal prominence of Ceriana.jpg, Frontal prominence Cerioidini_antennae.png, Antennae Ceriana_ornata_1.jpg, ''Ceriana ornata'' Ceriana_tridens_1.jpg, ''Ceriana ornata'' Ceriana ancoralis 1.png, ''Ceriana ancoralis'' Hoverfly, Ceriana vespiformis (39839065002).jpg, ''Ceriana vespiformis'' Syrphidae (Ceriana) wing veins.svg, ''Ceriana'' wing veins

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1760575 Cerioidini Hoverfly genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque