Eupeodes
Eupeodes, the aphideater flies, are a genus of moderate hoverflies in the family Syrphidae. They are distributed worldwide. They are black with yellow markings and can be easily confused with other genera in the Syrphini tribe. Larvae feed on a wide variety of aphids. The adults feed on nectar and pollen as sources of energy and protein, respectively, and often hover over the plants they visit.
Description
The aphideater flies are in length. The eyes have either no hairs, or rarely very short and sparse pile. The face is usually yellow, with a narrow but distinct brown median stripe. The scutum is usually shining black, but rarely slightly yellow pruinose laterally. The scutellum is dull yellow, translucent. The ventral scutellar fringe is complete and moderately dense. The pleura are black or grayish black, never yellow, usually shining or with very sparse subshining pruinosity on the upper half. The anterior anepisternum, meron, and metepisternum are all bare. The abdomen is oval, usually nearly flat above, with a strong margin from near the middle of tergite 2 to the apex of tergite 5. Tergite 2 typically has a pair of yellow spots, while the other tergites usually have pale yellow to reddish yellow spots commonly lunulate or with bands of similar colour almost straight. The vein R4+5 is nearly straight or slightly but distinctly dipped into cell r4+5. The wing membrane is usually nearly entirely trichose, with only small bare areas near the base. The legs are slender, and the hind femur is unarmed. The hind coxa does not have hairs at the posteromedial apical angle.Species
- Eupeodes aberrantis
- Eupeodes abiskoensis
- Eupeodes aino
- Eupeodes alaceris
- Eupeodes americanus
- Eupeodes angustus
- Eupeodes asiaticus
- Eupeodes aurosus
- Eupeodes beppuensis
- Eupeodes biciki
- Eupeodes borealis
- Eupeodes bucculatus
- Eupeodes chengi
- Eupeodes cheni
- Eupeodes confertus
- Eupeodes confrater
- Eupeodes corollae
- Eupeodes curtus
- Eupeodes diminutus
- Eupeodes duseki
- Eupeodes eosus
- Eupeodes epicharus
- Eupeodes erasmus
- Eupeodes fallax
- Eupeodes flaviceps
- Eupeodes flavofasciatus
- Eupeodes flukei
- Eupeodes frequens
- Eupeodes fumipennis
- Eupeodes gentneri
- Eupeodes goeldlini
- Eupeodes hakiensis
- Eupeodes harbinensis
- Eupeodes horishanus
- Eupeodes indistinctus
- Eupeodes ishiyamensis
- Eupeodes isshikii
- Eupeodes karafutonis
- Eupeodes kawaguchii
- Eupeodes kirgizorum
- Eupeodes klapperichi
- Eupeodes kuroiwae
- Eupeodes lambecki
- Eupeodes lapponicus
- Eupeodes latifasciatus
- Eupeodes latilunulatus
- Eupeodes latimacula
- Eupeodes lepidi
- Eupeodes liaoensis
- Eupeodes lucasi
- Eupeodes lundbecki
- Eupeodes luniger
- Eupeodes medius
- Eupeodes misomapensis
- Eupeodes montanus
- Eupeodes montivagus
- Eupeodes nakajimensis
- Eupeodes neoperplexus
- Eupeodes nielseni
- Eupeodes nigroventris
- Eupeodes nitens
- Eupeodes noboritoensis
- Eupeodes nuba
- Eupeodes ohmi
- Eupeodes okinawensis
- Eupeodes parvus
- Eupeodes perplexus
- Eupeodes pingreensis
- Eupeodes pomus
- Eupeodes punctifer
- Eupeodes punctifer
- Eupeodes qingchenshanensis
- Eupeodes riukiuensis
- Eupeodes rojasi
- Eupeodes rufipunctatus
- Eupeodes sculleni
- Eupeodes shirakii
- Eupeodes silvaticus
- Eupeodes simillicorollae
- Eupeodes sinuatus
- Eupeodes snowi
- Eupeodes spurius
- Eupeodes stackelbergi
- Eupeodes stenopus
- Eupeodes subsimus
- Eupeodes taeniatus
- Eupeodes talus
- Eupeodes tirolensis
- Eupeodes tjanshanicus
- Eupeodes tshatkalensis
- Eupeodes vandergooti
- Eupeodes verruciventris
- ''Eupeodes volucris''