There are more than 870 species of flower fly (Syrphidae) in North America
. The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects.
Family Syrphidae
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Bacchini
Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805
Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)
Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
70 species
Tribe Paragini
Genus Paragus Latreille
Tribe Pipizini
Genus Pipiza Fallén
Pipiza crassipes (Bigot, 1884) Pipiza cribbeni (Coovert, 1996) Pipiza davidsoni (Curran, 1921) Pipiza distincta (Curran, 1921) Pipiza femoralis (Loew, 1866) Pipiza macrofemoralis (Curran, 1921) Pipiza nigripilosa (Williston, 1887) Pipiza puella ( Williston, 1887) Pipiza quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1802)
Genus Heringia Rondani, 1856
Heringia calcarata Loew, 1866
Heringia latitarsis (Egger, 1865)
Genus Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888
Trichopsomyia apisaon Walker, 1849
Trichopsomyia australis (Johnson, 1907) Trichopsomyia litoralis Vockeroth, 1988 Trichopsomyia nigritarsis (Curran, 1924) Trichopsomyia occidentalis (Townsend, 1897) Trichopsomyia pubescens (Loew, 1863) Trichopsomyia recedens (Walker, 1852) Trichopsomyia rufithoracica (Curran, 1921) Trichopsomyia similis (Curran, 1924)
Tribe Syrphini
Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken
5 species
Allograpta exotica
Allograpta obliqua
Allograpta micrura
Allograpta radiata
Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen
13 species
Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein
14 species
Genus Didea Macquart
2 species
Didea alneti
Didea fuscipes
Genus Dioprosopa Hull, 1949
Dioprosopa clavata
Genus Doros Meigen
Doros aequalis
Genus Epistrophe Walker
Epistrophe grossulariae
Epistrophe metcalfi
Epistrophe nitidicollis
Epistrophe terminalis
Epistrophe xanthostoma
Genus Epistrophella
Epistrophella emarginata
Genus Eriozona Schiner
Eriozona laxa
Genus Eupeodes Osten Sacken
21 Species
Genus Lapposyrphus
Lapposyrphus aberrantis
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Genus Leucozona Schiner
Leucozona americana
Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Leucozona velutina Leucozona xylotoides
Genus Melangyna Verrall
Melangyna arctica
Melangyna fisherii
Melangyna labiatarum
Melangyna lasiophthalma
Melangyna subfasciata
Melangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843) Melangyna umbellatarum
Genus Meligramma Frey
Meligramma guttata
Meligramma triangulifera
Meligramma vespertina
Genus Meliscaeva Frey
Meliscaeva cinctella
Genus Ocyptamus Macquart
14 species
Genus Orphnabaccha Vockeroth, 1969
Orphnabaccha coerulea (Williston, 1891) Orphnabaccha jactator (Loew, 1861)
Genus Parasyrphus Matsumura
Parasyrphus currani (Fluke, 1935) Parasyrphus genualis (Williston, 1887) Parasyrphus groenlandicus (Nielsen, 1910) Parasyrphus insolitus (Osburn, 1908) Parasyrphus macularis (Zetterstedt, 1843) Parasyrphus melanderi (Curran , 1925) Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) Parasyrphus relictus (Zetterstedt) Parasyrphus semiinterruptus (Fluke, 1935) Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) Parasyrphus vockerothi (Thompson , 2012)
Genus Philhelius
Philhelius flavipes
Genus Salpingogaster Schiner
Salpingogaster punctifrons
Salpingogaster nepenthe
Genus Scaeva
Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva selenitica
Genus Sphaerophoria
13 species
Genus Syrphus
11 species
Tribe Toxomerini
Genus Toxomerus
23 species
Subfamily Microdontinae
Genus Aristosyrphus
Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945) Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008 – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica
Genus Carreramyia
Carreramyia megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)
Genus Microdon
29 species
Genus Mixogaster
Key to North American species
Mixogaster delongi (Hull, 1926) Mixogaster johnsoni (Hull, 1941) Mixogaster breviventris (Kahl, 1897) Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)
Genus Omegasyrphus
Omegasyrphus pallipennis (Curran, 1925)
Genus Peradon
Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
Genus Pseudomicrodon
Pseudomicrodon claripennis (Hine, 1914)