List of flower fly species of North America

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.

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Genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805 =====
 * Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)

Genus Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

 * Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 ===== 70 species • Platycheirus aeratus

• Platycheirus albimanus

• Platycheirus alpigenus

• Platycheirus amplus

• Platycheirus angustatus

• Platycheirus atra

• Platycheirus carinatus

• Platycheirus ciliatus

• Platycheirus clausseni

• Platycheirus clypeatus

• Platycheirus coerulescens

• Platycheirus concinnus

• Platycheirus confusus (Curran, 1925)

• Platycheirus coracinus

• Platycheirus discimanus

• Platycheirus flabellus

• Platycheirus granditarsis

• Platycheirus groenlandicus

• Platycheirus hesperius

• Platycheirus hispidipes

• Platycheirus holarcticus

• Platycheirus hyperboreus

• Platycheirus immarginatus

• Platycheirus inversus

• Platycheirus jaerensis

• Platycheirus kelloggi

• Platycheirus latitarsis

• Platycheirus latus

• Platycheirus lundbecki

• Platycheirus luteipennis

• Platycheirus manicatus

• Platycheirus modestus

• Platycheirus nearcticus

• Platycheirus nielseni

• Platycheirus nigrofemoratus

• Platycheirus nodosus

• Platycheirus normae

• Platycheirus obscurus

• Platycheirus ocarius

• Platycheirus octavus

• Platycheirus oreadis

• Platycheirus parmatus

• Platycheirus peltatoides

• Platycheirus perpallidus

• Platycheirus pilatus

• Platycheirus podagratus

• Platycheirus protrusus

• Platycheirus pullatus

• Platycheirus quadratus

• Platycheirus rosarum

• Platycheirus rufigaster

• Platycheirus rufimaculatus

• Platycheirus russatus

• Platycheirus sabulicola

• Platycheirus scamboides

• Platycheirus scambus

• Platycheirus scutatus

• Platycheirus setipes

• Platycheirus setitarsis

• Platycheirus speighti

• Platycheirus spinipes

• Platycheirus splendidus

• Platycheirus squamulae

• Platycheirus stegnoides

• Platycheirus stegnus

• Platycheirus striatus

• Platycheirus subordinatus

• Platycheirus tenebrosus

• Platycheirus thompsoni

• Platycheirus thylax

• Platycheirus trichopus

• Platycheirus urakawensis

• Platycheirus varipes

• Platycheirus woodi

• Platycheirus yukonensis

Genus Paragus Latreille
• Paragus arizonensis (Vockeroth, 1986)

• Paragus angustifrons (Loew, 1863)

• Paragus angustistylus (Vockeroth, 1986)

• Paragus bicolor (Fabricius, 1794)

• Paragus bispinosus (Vockeroth, 1986)

• Paragus cooverti (Vockeroth, 1986)

• Paragus haemorrhous (Meigen, 1822)

• Paragus longistylus (Vockeroth, 1986)

• Paragus tibialis (Fallén, 1817)

• Paragus variabilis (Vockeroth, 1986)

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 banksi (Curran, 1921)
 * 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)

Genus Allograpta Osten Sacken
5 species
 * Allograpta exotica
 * Allograpta obliqua
 * Allograpta micrura
 * Allograpta radiata

Genus Chrysotoxum Meigen
13 species • Chrysotoxum aztec

• Chrysotoxum chinook

• Chrysotoxum coloradensis

• Chrysotoxum derivatum

• Chrysotoxum flavifrons

• Chrysotoxum fasciatum

• Chrysotoxum integrum

• Chrysotoxum laterale

• Chrysotoxum plumeum

• Chrysotoxum pubescens

• Chrysotoxum radiosum (Shannon, 1926)

• Chrysotoxum villosulum

• Chrysotoxum ypsilon

Genus Dasysyrphus Enderlein
14 species • Dasysyrphus amalopis

• Dasysyrphus creper

• Dasysyrphus intrudens

• Dasysyrphus laticaudus

• Dasysyrphus limatus

• Dasysyrphus lotus

• Dasysyrphus nigricornis

• Dasysyrphus occidualis

• Dasysyrphus osborni

• Dasysyrphus pacificus

• Dasysyrphus pauxillus

• Dasysyrphus pinastri

• Dasysyrphus richardi

• Dasysyrphus venustus

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 • Eupeodes americanus

• Eupeodes confertus

• Eupeodes curtus

• Eupeodes flukei

• Eupeodes fumipennis

• Eupeodes gentneri

• Eupeodes latifasciatus

• Eupeodes luniger

• Eupeodes medius

• Eupeodes montanus

• Eupeodes montivagus

• Eupeodes neoperplexus

• Eupeodes nigroventris

• Eupeodes perplexus

• Eupeodes pingreensis

• Eupeodes pomus

• Eupeodes sculleni

• Eupeodes snowi

• Eupeodes subsimus

• Eupeodes volucris

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 • Ocyptamus antiphates

• Ocyptamus costatus

• Ocyptamus cubanus

• Ocyptamus cylindricus

• Ocyptamus dimidiatus

• Ocyptamus diversifasciatus

• Ocyptamus fascipennis

• Ocyptamus fuscipennis

• Ocyptamus lemur

• Ocyptamus lineatus

• Ocyptamus parvicornis

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 • Sphaerophoria abbreviata

• Sphaerophoria asymmetrica

• Sphaerophoria bifurcata

• Sphaerophoria brevipilosa

• Sphaerophoria contigua

• Sphaerophoria cranbrookensis

• Sphaerophoria longipilosa

• Sphaerophoria novaeanglae

• Sphaerophoria philanthus

• Sphaerophoria pyrrhina

• Sphaerophoria scripta

• Sphaerophoria sulphuripes

• Sphaerophoria weemsi

Genus Syrphus
11 species • Syrphus attenuatus

• Syrphus currani

• Syrphus intricatus

• Syrphus knabi

• Syrphus opinator

• Syrphus rectus

• Syrphus ribesii

• Syrphus sexmaculatus

• Syrphus sonorensis

• Syrphus torvus

Genus Toxomerus
23 species • T. arcifer (Loew, 1866)

• T. bistrigus

• T. boscii Macquart, 1842

• T. corbis (Walker, 1852)

• T. dispar (Fabricius, 1794)

• T. floralis (Fabricius, 1798)

• T. geminatus (Say, 1823)

• T. jussiaeae Vige, 1939

• T. marginatus (Say, 1823)

• T. musicus

• T. mutuus

• T. norma

• T. occidentalis Curran, 1922

• T. ovatus

• T. parvulus (Loew, 1866)

• T. pictus (Macquart, 1842)

• T. politus (Say, 1823)

• T. puellus

• T. pulchellus

• T. teligera (Fluke, 1953)

• T. verticalis (Curran, 1927)

• T. virgulatus (Macquart, 1850)

• T. watsoni (Curran, 1930)

Genus Aristosyrphus

 * Aristosyrphus carpenteri (Hull, 1945)
 * Aristosyrphus samperi Thompson, 2008 – Colombia, Peru & Costa Rica

Genus Carreramyia

 * Carreramyia megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)

Genus Microdon
29 species • Microdon abstrusus Thompson, 1981

• Microdon adventitius Thompson, 1981

• Microdon albicomatus Novák, 1977

• Microdon aurulentus (Fabricius, 1805)

• Microdon baliopterus Loew, 1872

• Microdon coarctatus Loew, 1864

• Microdon cothurnatus Bigot, 1884

• Microdon craigheadii Walton, 1912

• Microdon diversipilosus Curran, 1925

• Microdon fulgens Wiedemann, 1830

• Microdon fuscipennis (Macquart, 1834)

• Microdon globosus (Fabricius, 1805)

• Microdon laetoides Fabricius, 1935

• Microdon laetus Loew, 1864

• Microdon lanceolatus Adams, 1903

• Microdon manitobensis Curran, 1924

• Microdon marmoratum Bigot, 1884

• Microdon megalogaster Snow, 1892

• Microdon newcomeri Mann, 1924

• Microdon ocellaris  Curran, 1924

• Microdon painteri Hull, 1922

• Microdon pallipennis Curran, 1925

• Microdon piperi Knab, 1917

• Microdon ruficrus Williston 1887

• Microdon rufipes (Macquart, 1842)

• Microdon scauros Skevington & Locke, 2019

• Microdon scutifer Knab, 1917

• Microdon tristis Loew, 1864

• Microdon viridis Townsend, 1895

• Microdon xanthopilis Townsend, 1895

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)

Genus Rhopalosyrphus

 * Rhopalosyrphus guentherii (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891)
 * Rhopalosyrphus ramulorum Weems & Deyrup, 2003,

Genus Ubristes

 * Ubristes jaguarinus Reemer, 2013

Genus Brachyopa Meigen, 1822
17 species • Brachyopa caesariata Moran & Skevington, 2019

• Brachyopa cinereovittata Bigot, 1884

• Brachyopa cynops Snow, 1892

• Brachyopa daeckei Johnson, 1917

• Brachyopa diversa Johnson, 1917

• Brachyopa flavescens Shannon, 1915

• Brachyopa gigas Lovett, 1919

• Brachyopa media Williston, 1882

• Brachyopa notata Osten Sacken, 5[6]

• Brachyopa perplexa Curran, 1922

• Brachyopa punctipennis Curran, 1925

• Brachyopa rufiabdominalis Jones, 1917

• Brachyopa vacua Osten Sacken, 5[6]

Genus Chrysogaster Meigen, 1803

 * Chrysogaster antitheus Walker, 1849
 * Chrysogaster inflatifrons Shannon, 1916

Genus Chrysosyrphus Sedman, 1965

 * Chrysosyrphus alaskensis (Shannon, 1922)
 * Chrysosyrphus frontosus (Bigot, 1884)
 * Chrysosyrphus latus (Loew, 1863)
 * Chrysosyrphus nasuta (Zetterstedt, 1838)
 * Chrysosyrphus nigripennis (Williston, 1882)

Genus Hammerschmidtia Schummel, 1834

 * Hammerschmidtia sedmani (Vockeroth, Moran & Skevington, 2019)
 * Hammerschmidtia ferruginea  ([Fallen, 1817)

Genus Myolepta
8 species
 * Myolepta auricaudata (Williston, 1891)
 * Myolepta aurinota (Hine, 1903)
 * Myolepta camillae Weems, 1956
 * Myolepta cornellia ([Shannon, 1923)
 * Myolepta lunulata Bigot, 1884
 * Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1972)
 * Myolepta strigilata (Loew, 1872)
 * Myolepta varipes (Loew, 1869)

Genus Neoascia

 * Neoascia distincta Williston, 1887
 * Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822)
 * Neoascia globosa (Walker, 1849)
 * Neoascia metallica (Williston, 1882)
 * Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)
 * Neoascia sphaerophoria Curran, 1925
 * Neoascia subchalybea Curran, 1925
 * Neoascia tenur (Harris, 1780) The Black-kneed Fen Fly is a common species that was formerly considered to be only European now considered to be throughout North America and Canada.
 * N. unifasciata (Strobl, 1898)
 * Neoascia willistoni Thompson, 1986

Genus Orthonevra
• Orthonevra anniae (Sedman, 1966)

• Orthonevra bellula (Williston, 1882)

• Orthonevra feei (Moran & Skevington, 2019)

• Orthonevra flukei (Sedman, 1964)

• Orthonevra minuta (Hull, 1945)

• Orthonevra nigrovittata (Loew, 1876)

• Orthonevra nitida (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Orthonevra nitidula (Curran, 1925)

• Orthonevra parva (Shannon, 1916)

• Orthonevra pictipennis (Loew, 1863)

• Orthonevra pulchella (Williston, 1887)

• Orthonevra robusta (Shannon, 1916)

• Orthonevra sinuosa (Bigot, 1884)

• Orthonevra sonorensis (Shannon, 1964)

• Orthonevra stigmata (Williston, 1882)

• Orthonevra unicolor (Shannon, 1916)

• Orthonevra weemsi (Sedman, 1966)

Genus Sphegina
• Sphegina armatipes ([Malloch, 1922])

• Sphegina appalachiensis Coovert, 1977

• Sphegina biannulata Malloch, 1922

• Sphegina brachygaster Hull, 1935

• Sphegina californica (Malloch, 1922)

• Sphegina campanulata Robertson, 1901

• Sphegina flavimana Malloch, 1922

• Sphegina flavomaculata Malloch, 1922

• Sphegina infuscata (Loew, 1863)

• Sphegina keeniana Williston, 1887

• Sphegina lobata Loew, 1863

• Sphegina lobulifera Malloch, 1922

• Sphegina occidentalis (Malloch, 1922)

• Sphegina petiolata Coquillett, 1910

• Sphegina punctata (Frank Raymond Cole, 1921)

• Sphegina rufiventris Loew, 1863

Genus Callicera

 * Callicera duncani Curran, 1935
 * Callicera erratica (Walker, 1849)
 * Callicera montensis Snow, 1892

Genus Ceriana
• Ceriana abbreviata Loew, 1864

• Ceriana ancoralis (Coquillett, 1902)

• Ceriana durani (Davidson, 1925)

• Ceriana mime (Hull, 1935)

• Ceriana pictula (Loew, 1853)

• Ceriana snowi (Adams, 1904)

• Ceriana tridens (Loew, 1872)

• Ceriana willistoni (Kahl, 1897)

Genus Monoceromyia

 * Monoceromyia floridensis  (Shannon, 1922)

Genus Polybiomyia
• Polybiomyia engelhardti (Shannon, 1925)

• Polybiomyia bellardii (Shannon, 1925)

• Polybiomyia macquarti Shannon, 1925

• Polybiomyia pedicellata (Williston, 1887)

• Polybiomyia sayi Shannon, 1925

• Polybiomyia signifera (Loew, 1853)

• Polybiomyia schnablei (Williston, 1892)

• Polybiomyia townsendi (Snow, 1895)

Genus Sphiximorpha

 * Sphiximorpha cylindrica (Curran, 1921)
 * Sphiximorpha loewii (Williston, 1887)

Genus Eristalinus

 * Eristalinus aeneus Scopoli, 1844
 * Eristalinus taeniops Weidemann, 1818

Genus Eristalis
• Eristalis agrorum (Weidemann), 1830

• Eristalis anthophorina (Fallén, 1817)

• Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Eristalis bardus (Say, 1829)

• Eristalis basilaris Macquart, 1834

• Eristalis bellardii Jeannicke, 1867)

• Eristalis brousii Williston, 1882

• Eristalis calida Walker, 1849

• Eristalis cryptarum fabricus, 1794

• Eristalis dimidiata (Weidemann, 1830)

• Eristalis dubia Macquart, 1834

• Eristalis flavipes Walker, 1849

• Eristalis fratercula (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• Eristalis gomonojunovae Violovitsh, 1977

• Eristalis hirta Loew, 1866

• Eristalis interrupta (Poda, 1761)

• Eristalis meijerei Goot, 1964

• Eristalis obscura (Loew, 1866)

• Eristalis oestracea (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Eristalis parens Bigot, 1880

• Eristalis rupium Fabricius, 1805

• Eristalis saxorum Weidemann, 1830

• Eristalis stipator Osten Sacken, 1877

• Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)  - common drone fly

• Eristalis transversa (Weidemann, 1830) - transverse flower fly

Genus Helophilus
12 species • Helophilus bottnicus Wahlberg, 1844

• Helophilus fasciatus Walker, 1849

• Helophilus groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1780)

• Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846

• Helophilus intentus Curran and Fluke, 1922

• Helophilus lapponicus Wahlberg, 1844

• Helophilus latifrons Loew, 1863

• Helophilus neoaffinis Fluke, 1949

• Helophilus obscurus Loew, 1863

• Helophilus oxycanus (Walker, 1852)

• Helophilus pendulus Linnaeus, 1758

• Helophilus pilosus Hunter, 1897

Genus Lejops
• Lejops annulipes (Macquart, 1850)

• Lejops billinearis (Williston, 1887)

• Lejops borealis (Cole, 1921)

• Lejops chrysostomus (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Lejops cooleyi (Seamans, 1917)

• Lejops curvipes (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Lejops distinctus (Williston, 1887)

• Lejops grisescens Hull, 1943

• Lejops lineatus (Fabricius, 1787)

• Lejops lunulatus (Meigen, 1822)

• Lejops mexicanus (Macquart, 1842)

• Lejops perfidiosus (Hunter, 1897)

• Lejops polygrammus (Loew, 1872)

• Lejops willingii (Smith, 1912)

Genus Mallota
11 species
 * Mallota albipes Snow, 1895
 * Mallota bautias (Walker, 1849)
 * Mallota bequaerti Hull, 1956
 * Mallota posticata (Fabricius, 1805)
 * Mallota sackeni Williston, 1882

Genus Meromacrus

 * Meromacrus acutus (fabricus, 1805)
 * Meromacrus croceatus Hull, 1960
 * Meromacrus draco Hull, 1942e
 * Meromacrus gloriosus Hull, 1941
 * Meromacrus minuticornis Thompson, 2001
 * Meromacrus panamensis Curran, 1930

Genus Myathropa

 * Myathropa florea

Genus Palpada Macquart, 1854
• Palpada agrorum (Fabricius, 1787)

• Palpada albifrons (Wiedemann, 1840)

• Palpada alhambra (Hull, 1925)

• Palpada atrimana (Loew, 1866)

• Palpada furcata (Wiedemann, 1819)

• Palpada mexicana (Macquart, 1847)

• Palpada minutalis (Williston, 1891)

• Palpada pusilla (Macquart, 1842)

• Palpada ruficeps (Macquart, 1842)

• Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846)

• Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)

• Palpada texana (Hull, 1925)

• Palpada triangularis (Giglio-Tos, 1892)

• Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius, 1798)

Genus Parhelophilus
• Parhelophilus brooksi Curran, 1927

• Parhelophilus currani Fluke, 1953

• Parhelophilus divisus (Loew, 1863)

• Parhelophilus flavifacies (Bigot, 1883)

• Parhelophilus integer (Loew, 1963)

• Parhelophilus laetus (Loew, 1963)

• Parhelophilus obsoletus (Loew, 1863)

• Parhelophilus porcus (Walker, 1849)

• Parhelophilus rex Curran and Fluke, 1922

Genus Sericomyia
14 species • Sericomyia arctica Schirmer, 1913

• Sericomyia bifasciata Williston, 1887

• Sericomyia carolinensis (Metcalf, 1917)

• Sericomyia chalcopyga Loew, 1863

• Sericomyia chrysotoxoides Macquart, 1842

• Sericomyia flagrans (Osten Sacken, )[9]

• Sericomyia harveyi (Osburn, 1908)

• Sericomyia lata (Coquillett, 1907)

• Sericomyia militaris Walker, 1849

• Sericomyia nigra Portschinsky, 1873

• Sericomyia sexfasciata Walker, 1849

• Sericomyia slossonae Curran, 1934

• Sericomyia tolli (Frey, 1915)

• Sericomyia transversa (Osburn, 1926)

Genus Pyritis

 * Pyritis kincaidii

Genus Eumerus

 * Eumerus funeralis

Genus Merodon

 * Merodon equestris - Narcissus bulb fly

Genus Nausigaster

 * Nausigaster texana
 * Nausigaster unimaculata

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Genus Blera Billberg, 1820 ===== • Blera analis (Macquart, 1842)

• Blera armillata (Osten Sacken, 1875)

• Blera badia (Walker, 1849)

• Blera confusa Johnson, 1913

• Blera flukei (Curran, 1953)

• Blera garretti (Curran, 1924)

• Blera humeralis (Williston, 1882)

• Blera johnsoni (Coquillett, 1894)

• Blera metcalfi (Curran, 1925)

• Blera nigra (Williston, 1887)

• Blera nigripes (Curran, 1925)

• Blera notata (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Blera pictipes (Bigot, 1883)

• Blera robusta (Curran, 1922)

• Blera scitula (Williston, 1887)

• Blera umbratilis (Williston, 1887)

Genus Brachypalpus

 * Brachypalpus alopex (Osten Sacken, 1877)
 * Brachypalpus cyanella Osten Sacken, 1877
 * Brachypalpus oarus (Walker, 1849)

Genus Chalcosyrphus
• Chalcosyrphus anomalus (Shannon, 1925)

• Chalcosyrphus anthreas (Walker, 1849)

• Chalcosyrphus aristatus (Johnson, 1929)

• Chalcosyrphus curvaria (Curran, 1941)

• Chalcosyrphus depressus (Shannon, 1925)

• Chalcosyrphus dubius (Shannon, 1926)

• Chalcosyrphus flexus (Curran, 1941)

• Chalcosyrphus inarmatus (Hunter, 1897)

• Chalcosyrphus interruptus (Panzer, 1804)

• Chalcosyrphus libo (Walker, 1849)

• Chalcosyrphus metallicus (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Chalcosyrphus metallifer (Bigot, 1884)

• Chalcosyrphus nemorum (Fabricius, 1805)

• Chalcosyrphus nigromaculatus (Jones, 1917)

• Chalcosyrphus ontario (Curran, 1941)

• Chalcosyrphus parvus (Williston, 1887)

• Chalcosyrphus pauxilla (Williston, 1892)

• Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius, 1794)

• Chalcosyrphus plesia (Curran, 1925)

• Chalcosyrphus sacawajeae (Shannon, 1925)

• Chalcosyrphus satanica (Bigot, 1884)

• Chalcosyrphus vecors (Osten Sacken, 1875)

• Chalcosyrphus violascens (Megerle, 1803)

Genus Criorhina
14 species • Criorhina aurea (Lovett, 1919)

• Criorhina bubulcus (Walker, 1849)

• Criorhina caudata (Curran, 1925)

• Criorhina coquilletti (Williston), 1892

• Criorhina fusca

• Criorhina kincaidi (Coquillett, 1901)

• Criorhina mystaceae (Curran, 1925)

• Criorhina nigripes (Williston, 1882)

• Criorhina nigriventris (Walton, 1911)

• Criorhina occidentalis

• Criorhina quadriboscis (Lovett, 1919)

• Criorhina tricolor (Coquillett, 1900)

• Criorhina verbosa (Walker, 1849)

• Criorhina villosa (Bigot, 1882)

Genus Cynorhinella

 * Cynorhinella longinasus
 * Cynorhinella bella

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Genus Hadromyia Williston, 1882 =====

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Subgenus Chrysosomidia Curran, 1934 ======
 * Hadromyia aepalius (Walker, 1849)
 * Hadromyia aldrichi (Shannon, 1916)
 * Hadromyia crawfordi (Shannon, 1916)
 * Hadromyia opaca (Shannon, 1916)
 * Hadromyia pulchra (Williston, 1882)

Subgenus Hadromyia Williston, 1882

 * Hadromyia grandis Williston, 1882

Genus Merapoides

 * Merapoides villosus

Genus Milesia
3 species
 * Milesia bella (Townsend, 1897)
 * Milesia scutellata (Hull, 1924)
 * Milesia virginiensis (Drury, 1773)

Genus Palumbia

 * Palumbia inflata (Macquart, 1834)

Genus Pocota

 * Pocota bomboides Hunter, 1897

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Genus Pterallastes Loew, 1863 =====
 * Pterallastes thoracicus Loew, 1863

Genus Somula Macquart, 1847

 * Somula decora Macquart, 1847
 * Somula mississippiensis Hull, 1922

Genus Sphecomyia
14 species

• Sphecomyia brevicornis (Osten Sacken, 1877)

• Sphecomyia columbiana (Vockeroth, 1965)

• Sphecomyia cryptica (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia dyari (Shannon, 1925)

• Sphecomyia hoguei (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia interrupta (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia metallica (Bigot, 1882)

• Sphecomyia occidentalis (Osburn, 1908)

• Sphecomyia oraria (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia pattonii (Williston, 1882)

• Sphecomyia pseudosphecomima (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia sexfasciata (Moran, 2019)

• Sphecomyia vittata (Wiedemann, 1830)

• Sphecomyia weismani (Moran, 2019)

Genus Spilomyia
10 species • Spilomyia alcimus (Walker, 1849)

• Spilomyia citima Vockeroth, 1958

• Spilomyia crandalli Curran, 1951

• Spilomyia foxleei Vockeroth, 1958

• Spilomyia fusca Loew, 1864

• Spilomyia interrupta Williston, 1882

• Spilomyia kahli Snow, 1895

• Spilomyia liturata Williston, 1887

• Spilomyia longicornis Loew, 1872

• Spilomyia sayi (Goot, 1964)

Genus Syritta

 * Syritta pipiens
 * Syritta flaviventris

Genus Temnostoma
10 species • Temnostoma alternans

• Temnostoma apiforme

• Temnostoma barberi

• Temnostoma balyras

• Temnostoma dachous

• Temnostoma excentrica

• Temnostoma obscurum

• Temnostoma trifasciatum

• Temnostoma venustum

Genus Teuchocnemis

 * Teuchocnemis bacuntius

Genus Tropidia
8 species • Tropidia albistylum Macquart, 1847

• Tropidia calcarata Williston, 1887

• Tropidia coloradensis (Bigot, 1884)

• Tropidia incana Townsend, 1895

• Tropidia mamillata Loew, 1861

• Tropidia montana Hunter, 1896

• Tropidia pygmaea Shannon, 1926

• Tropidia quadrata (Say, 1824)

Genus Xylota
29 species • Xylota analis Williston, 1887

• Xylota angustiventris Loew, 1866

• Xylota annulifera Bigot, 1884

• Xylota argoi Shannon, 1926

• Xylota barbata Loew, 1864

• Xylota bicolor Loew, 1864

• Xylota confusa Shannon, 1926

• Xylota ejuncida Say, 1824

• Xylota flavifrons Walker, 1849

• Xylota flavitibia Bigot, 1884

• Xylota flukei (Curran, 1941)

• Xylota hinei (Curran, 1941)

• Xylota lovetti Curran, 1925

• Xylota naknek Shannon, 1926

• Xylota nebulosa Johnson, 1921

• Xylota ouelleti (Curran, 1941)

• Xylota quadrimaculata Loew, 1866

• Xylota scutellarmata Lovett, 1919

• Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Xylota subfasciata Loew, 1866

• Xylota tuberculata (Curran, 1941)

Genus Cheilosia
• C. aerea (Dufour, 1848)

• C. alaskensis (Hunter, 1897)

• C. albitarsis (Meigen, 1822)

• Chilosia Agassiz, 1846

• C. aldrichi (Hunter, 1896)

• C. atrocapilla Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. bardus (Harris, 1780)

• C. baroni (Williston, 1887)

• C. bicolorata (Shannon, 1922)

• C. bigelowi (Curran, 1926)

• C. borealis (Coquillett, 1900)

• C. browni Curran, 1931

• C. burkei (Shannon, 1922)

• C. caltha (Shannon, 1922)

• C. capillata (Loew, 1863)

• C. catalina (Shannon, 1922)

• C. chalybescens (Williston, 1893)

• C. chintimini (Lovett, 1921)

• C. columbiae (Curran, 1922)

• C. comosa (Loew, 1863)

• C. consentiens (Curran, 1926)

• C. coerulea Fluke and Hull, 1946

• C. cottrelli Telford, 1939

• C. cratorhina Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. cynoprosopa Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. ferruginea (Lovett, 1919)

• C. florella (Shannon, 1922)

• C. grossa (Fallén, 1817)

• C. hermiona Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. hesperia (Shannon, 1922)

• C. hiantha Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. hoodiana (Bigot, 1883)

• C. hunteri (Curran, 1922)

• C. julietta (Shannon, 1922)

• C. laevis (Bigot, 1884)

• C. lasiophthalmus Williston, 1882

• C. latrans (Walker, 1849)

• C. leucoparea (Loew, 1863)

• C. livida (Wehr, 1922)

• C. lucta (Snow, 1895)

• C. luna Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. margarita Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. meganosa Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. montanipes Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. nannomorpha Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. nigrescens Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. nigrobarba Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. nigrovittata (Lovett, 1919)

• C. obesa Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. occidentalis Williston, 1882

• C. orilliaensis Curran, 1922

• C. pacifica Hunter, 1897

• C. pagana (Meigen, 1822)

• C. pallipes Loew, 1863

• C. pikei Shannon, 1922

• C. pilosipes Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. pontiaca (Shannon, 1922)

• C. porcina Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. punctulata (Hunter, 1897)

• C. prima (Hunter, 1896)

• C. primoveris (Shannon, 1915)

• C. promethea Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. rhinoprosopa Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. rita (Curran, 1922)

• C. robusta (Hine, 1922)

• C. scilla Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. sensua (Curran, 1922)

• C. seripila Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. shannoni (Curran, 1923)

• C. sororcula (Williston, 1891)

• C. speculum Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. swannanoa Brimley, 1925

• C. tantalus Hull and Fluke, 1950

• C. wisconsinensis Fluke and Hull, 1947

• C. yukonensis (Shannon, 1922)

Genus Ferdinandea

 * Ferdinandea aeneicolor Shannon, 1924
 * Ferdinandea buccata (Loew, 1863)
 * Ferdinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877)

Genus Rhingia

 * Rhingia nasica

Genus Hiatomyia
• Hiatomyia canadensis (Shannon, 1922)

• Hiatomyia chionthrix Hull & fluke 1950

• Hiatomyia chrysothrix (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia coriacea (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia cyanea (Hunter, 1896)

• Hiatomyia cyanescens (Loew, 1863)

• Hiatomyia cyascens (Loew, 1863)

• Hiatomyia gemini (Shannon, 1922)

• Hiatomyia hecate (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia hyacintha (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia idahoa (Shannon, 1922)

• Hiatomyia nigrocyanea (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia niveifrons (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia nyctichroma (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia olivia (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia plumosa (Coquillett, 1904)

• Hiatomyia plutonia (Hunter, 1897)

• Hiatomyia rubroflava (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia signatiseta (Hunter, 1896)

• Hiatomyia tessa (Hull & Fluke, 1950)

• Hiatomyia townsendi (Hunter, 1896)

• Hiatomyia willistoni  (Snow, 1895)

Genus Copestylum
82 species

• C. abdominale (Wiedemann, 1930)

• C. alberlena Marcos-Garcia & Perez-Banon, 2002

• C. amethystinum (Bigot, 1875)

• C. anna (Williston, 1887) (Anna's bromeliad fly)

• C. apiciferum (Townsend, 1895)

• C. barbara Hancock & Marcos-Garcia, 2007

• C. avidum (Osten Sacken, 1877) (yellow-spotted bromeliad fly)

• C. barbara Hancock & Marcos-Garcia, 2007

• C. barei (Curran, 1925) (violet bromeliad fly)

• C. boqueronense Rotheray & Marcos-Garcia, 2007

• C. brunneum (Thunberg, 1789)

• C. caesariatum (Williston, 1891)

• C. caudatum Curran, 1927 (hairy-horned bromeliad fly)

• C. chalybescens (Wiedemann, 1830)

• C. comstocki (Williston, 1887) (Comstock's bromeliad fly)

• C. conabioi Marcos-Garcia & Rotheray, 2007

• C. elizabethae Hancock & Rotheray, 2007

• C. emeralda (Hull, 1944)

• C. eugenia (Williston, 1887)

• C. florida (Hull, 1941) (Florida bromeliad fly)

• C. fornax (Townsend, 1895)

• C. fraudulentum (Williston, 1891)

• C. fulvicorne (Bigot, 1883)

• C. gelenitae Marcos-Garcia & Rotheray, 2007

• C. gibberum (Schiner, 1868)

• C. haagii (Jaennicke, 1867) (Haag's bromeliad fly)

• C. hispaniolae Thompson, 1981

• C. isabellina (Williston, 1887) (Isabelle's bromeliad fly)

• C. joei Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. lentum Williston, 1887

• C. limbipenne Williston, 1887

• C. macrocephalum (Giglio-tos, 1892)

• C. macquarti (Curran, 1926)

• C. mamorum Rotheray & Marcos-Garcia, 2007

• C. marginatum (Say, 1829)

• C. megacephalum (Loew, 1863)

• C. mexicanum (Macquart, 1842) (Mexican cactus fly)

• C. melleum (Jannicke, 1867)

• C. opalescens (Townsend, 1901)

• C. opinator (Williston, 1891)

• C. ornatum (Williston, 1891)

• C. oscillans Hancock & Rotheray, 2007

• C. pallens (Wiedemann, 1830)

• C. pictum (Wiedemann, 1830)

• C. posticum (Say, 1829)

• C. pubescens (Loew, 1861)

• C. punctigena (Hull, 1937)

• C. pusillum (Macquart, 1842)

• C. puyarum Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. quadratum (Williston, 1891)

• C. rafaelanum (Townsend, 1897)

• C. satur (Osten Sacken, 1877) (spotted-wing bromeliad fly)

• C. sexmaculatum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1819) (six-spotted bromeliad fly)

• C. simile Giglio-Tos, 1892

• C. sternale (Curran, 1930)

• C. sultzi (Curran, 1939)

• C. tacanense Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. tamaulipanum (Townsend, 1898)

• C. tapanti Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. tapia Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. tricinctum (Bigot, 1875)

• C. triunfense Hancock, 2007

• C. trivittatum Thompson, 1988

• C. tympanitis (Fabricius, 1805)

• C. umamas Hancock & Rotheray, 2007

• C. vagum (Wiedemann, 1830)

• C. varians (Bigot, 1875)

• C. vera (Hull, 1942)

• C. violaceum (Say, 1829) (purple bromeliad fly)

• C. virescens (Williston, 1891)

• C. vittatum Thompson, 1976 (striped bromeliad fly)

• Copestylum versicularium

• C. victoria (Williston, 1887) (Victoria's bromeliad fly)

• C. violaceum (Say, 1829) (purple bromeliad fly)

• C. vittatum Thompson, 1976 (striped bromeliad fly)

• C. xalapensis Rotheray & Marcos-Garcia, 2007

• C. yowoi Rotheray & Hancock, 2007

• C. yura (Curran, 1930)

Genus Ornidia

 * Ornidia obesa

Genus Volucella

 * Volucella bombylans