''Sericomyiini'' is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

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 ...

consisting mainly of large ''

bumblebee A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only Extant taxon, extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct r ...

'' or ''

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

'' mimics. As with

Eristalini Eristalini is a tribe (biology), tribe of hoverfly, hoverflies. Several species are well-known honeybee Mimicry, mimics, such as the drone fly ''Eristalis tenax'', while other genera such as ''Helophilus'' and ''Parhelophilus'' exhibit wasp-like ...

the larvae have a telescopic breathing tube which allows them to breathe while submerged in boggy areas. The tribe is sometimes classified under

as the subtribe Sericomyiina.

Taxonomy of genera and subgenera

* ''Arctophila'' subgenera of ''Sericomyia'' *''Conosyrphus'' subgenus? of 2 species of Hoverfly, one (volucellinus) a unique endemic of the Caucasus region and the other characteristic of the Siberian arctic. *'' Pararctophila'' Herve-Bazin, 1914 Asian 2 specie
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*'' Pseudovolucella'' Shiraki, 1930 ten species. They are bee mimics found mostly in the mountains of south east Asia and Japan.10 specie
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*'' Pyritis'' Hunter, 1897 one species western North America North Americ
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*'' Sericomyia'' Meigen, 1803 30 species common in boreal forests across the Holarctic region and extend southward at higher elevations into the Oriental region and

Neotropical region The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

s. *'' Pseudovolucella'' Shiraki, 1930 All but one, an EastPalaearctic species, occur in the Oriental region.Pseudovolucella decipiens external link to Pseudovolucella decipiens

References

Sericomyiini Brachycera tribes {{Eristalinae-stub