''Parhelophilus'' is a
genus
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of
hoverflies
Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main ...
.
They are slightly smaller than flies of the genus
Helophilus, and have a
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
distribution.
Species
*''
P. almasyi''
Szilády, 1940
*''
P. brooksi''
Curran, 1927
*''
P. consimilis''
(Malm
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, 1863)
*''
P. crococoronatus''
Reemer, 2000
*''
P. currani''
Fluke, 1953
*''
P. divisus''
( Loew, 1863)
*''
P. flavifacies''
(Bigot
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, 1883)
*''
P. frutetorum''
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*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1775)
*''
P. integer''
( Loew, 1963)
*''
P. kurentzovi''
Violovich, 1960
*''
P. laetus''
( Loew, 1963)
*''
P. obscurior''
Violovich, 1960
*''
P. obsoletus''
( Loew, 1863)
*''
P. porcus''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849)
*''
P. rex''
Curran and Fluke, 1922
*''
P. sibiricus''
(Stackelberg, 1924)
*''
P. versicolor''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1794)
References
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of North America
Eristalini
Hoverfly genera
Taxa named by Ernst August Girschner
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