Platycheirus

Platycheirus  is a large genus of hoverflies. They are also called sedgesitters.

Species by subgenus
Subgenus: Carposcalis Enderlein, 1938 • P. bertrandi (Kolenati, 1913)

• P. confusus (Curran, 1925)

• P. fenestratum (Macquart, 1842)

• P. longigena (Enderlein, 1912)

• P. lundbecki (Collin, 1931)

• P. lundbladi Enderlein, 1940 - Juan Fernández Islands

• P. stegnus (Say, 1829)

• P. trichopus (Thomson, 1869)

• P. willistoni (Goot, 1964)

• Subgenus: Eocheilosia Hull, 1949

• • P. antipodus (Hull, 949b)

• • P. captalis (Miller, 1924)

• • P. clarkei Miller, 1921

• • P. cunninghami (Miller, 1921)

• • P. fulvipes (Miller, 1924)

• • P. harrisi (Miller, 1921)

• • P. howesii (Miller, 1921)

• • P. huttoni Thompson in Thompson & Vockeroth, 1989

• • P. leptospermi (Miller, 1921)

• • P. lignudus Miller, 1921

• • P. myersii (Miller, 1924)

• • P. notatus (Bigot, 1884)

• • P. ronanus (Miller, 1921)

• Subgenus: Pachysphyria Enderlein, 1938

• P. ambiguus (Fallén, 1817)

• P. barkalovi Mutin, 1999

• P. brunnifrons Nielsen, 2004

• P. dexter (Harris, 1780)

• P. immaculatus Ohara, 1980

• Subgenus: Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

• • P. abruzzensis van der Goot, 1969

• • P. aeratus Coquillett, 1900

• • P. albimanus (Fabricius, 1781)

• • P. amplus (Curran, 1927)

• • P. angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

• • P. angustipes Goeldlin, 1974

• • P. atra (Curran, 1925)

• • P. aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002

• • P. carinatus Curran, 1927

• • P. chilosia (Curran, 1927)

• • P. ciliatus Bigot, 1884

• • P. ciliger Loew, 1856

• • P. cintoensis van der Goot, 1961

• • P. clypeatus (Meigen, 1822)

• • P. coerulescens (Williston, 1887)

• • P. complicatus (Becker, 1889)

• • P. concinnus (Snow, 1895)

• • P. coracinus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. cyaneus (Müller, 1764)

• • P. discimanus (Loew, 1871)

• • P. europaeus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

• • P. fasciculatus (Loew, 1856)

• • P. femineum Curran, 1931

• • P. flabella Hull, 1944

• • P. fulviventris (Macquart, 1829)

• • P. groenlandicus Curran, 1927

• • P. hesperinus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. hispidipes Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. holarcticus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. hyperboreus (Staeger, 1845)

• • P. immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)

• • P. inversus Ide, 1926

• • P. islandicus (Ringdahl, 1930)

• • P. jaerensis Nielsen, 1971

• • P. kelloggi (Snow, 1895)

• • P. kittilaensis Dusek & Láska, 1982

• • P. laskai Nielsen, 1999

• • P. lata (Curran, 1922)

• • P. latimanus (Wahlberg, 1845)

• • P. latitarsis Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. luteipennis (Curran, 1925)

• • P. manicatus (Meigen, 1822)

• • P. melanopsis Loew, 1856

• • P. modestus Ide, 1926

• • P. monticola Jones, 1917

• • P. muelleri Marcuzzi, 1941

• • P. naso (Walker, 1949)

• • P. nearcticus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. nielseni Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. nigrofemoratus (Kanervo, 1934)

• • P. nodosus Curran, 1923

• • P. normae Fluke, 1939

• • P. obscurus (Say, 1824)

• • P. occidentalis Curran, 1927

• • P. occultus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

• • P. octavus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. orarius Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. pacilus (Walker, 1849)

• • P. parmatus Rondani, 1857

• • P. parvus (Williston, 1882)

• • P. peltatoides Curran, 1923

• • P. peltatus (Meigen, 1822)

• • P. perpallidus (Verrall, 1901)

• • P. pilatus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. podagrata (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• • P. podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• • P. protrusus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. quadratus (Say, 1823)

• • P. ramsaerensis Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

• • P. rufigaster Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. rufimaculatus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. scamboides Curran, 1927

• • P. scambus (Stæger, 1843)

• • P. scutatus (Meigen, 1822)

• • P. setitarsis Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. speighti Doczkal, Stuke & Goeldlin, 2002

• • P. spinipes Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. splendidus Rotheray, 1998

• • P. squamulae (Curran, 1922)

• • P. stegnoides Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. sticticus (Meigen, 1822)

• • P. striatus Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. subordinatus (Becker, 1915)

• • P. tarsalis (Schummel, 1836)

• • P. tatricus Dusek & Láska, 1982

• • P. tenebrosus Coquillett, 1900

• • P. thompsoni Vockeroth, 1986

• • P. thylax Hull, 1944

• • P. transfugus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• • P. urakawensis (Matsumura, 1919)

• • P. varipes Curran, 1923

• • P. woodi Vockeroth, 1986

• Subgenus: Pseudoplatychirus Doesburg, 1955

• P. glupovi Barkalov, 2007

• P. peteri Doesburg, 1955

• Subgenus: Pyrophaena Schiner, 1860 - often considered a full genus.

• P. granditarsus (Forster, 1771)

• P. rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)

Platycheirus alphabetic list
• Platycheirus abruzzensis (Goot, 1969)

• Platycheirus aeratus (Coquillett, 1900)

• Platycheirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781)

• Platycheirus alpigenus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus altaicus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus altomontis (Merlin & Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus altotibeticus (Nielsen, 2001)

• Platycheirus ambiguus (Fallén, 1817)

• Platycheirus amplus (Curran, 1927)

• Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

• Platycheirus angustipes (Goeldlin, 1974)

• Platycheirus angustitarsis (Kanervo, 1934)

• Platycheirus antennatum

• Platycheirus antipoda (Hull, 1949 )

• Platycheirus arat (Violovich, 1975)

• Platycheirus argentatus (Ringdahl, 1936)

• Platycheirus asioambiguus (Skufjin, 1987)

• Platycheirus ater (Curran, 1925)

• Platycheirus atlasi (Kassebeer, 1998)

• Platycheirus atra (Curran, 1925)

• Platycheirus atratus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus aurolateralis  (Stubbs, 2002)

• Platycheirus barkalovi (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus bartschi (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2012)

• Platycheirus beringiensis (Barkalov & Mutin, 2014)

• Platycheirus bertrandi (Austen, 1913)

• Platycheirus bidentatus (Huo & Zheng, 2003)

• Platycheirus bimaculatus (Roser, 1840)

• Platycheirus brunnifrons (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus caesius (Nielsen & Stuke, 2004)

• Platycheirus captalis (Miller, 1924 )

• Platycheirus carinatus (Curran, 1927)

• Platycheirus cejensis (Kuznetzov, 1987)

• Platycheirus celsus (Violovich, 1975)

• Platycheirus chalconota (Philippi, 1865)

• Platycheirus cheilosiaeformis (Smit & Barkalov, 2008)

• Platycheirus chilosia (Curran, 1922)

• Platycheirus ciliatus  (Bigot, 1884)

• Platycheirus ciliger (Loew, 1856)

• Platycheirus cintoensis (Goot, 1961)

• Platycheirus clarkei (Miller, 1924)

• Platycheirus clausseni (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus clypeatus (Meigen, 1822)

• Platycheirus coerulescens (Williston, 1887)

• Platycheirus complicatus (Becker, 1889)

• Platycheirus concinnus (Snow, 1895).

• Platycheirus confusus (Curran, 1925)

• Platycheirus coracinus (Vockeroth, 1990).

• Platycheirus cryophilus (Nielsen, 2007)

• Platycheirus cunninghami (Miller, 1924)

• Platycheirus dexter (Harris, 1780)

• Platycheirus discimanus (Loew, 1871)

• Platycheirus dudkoi (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2009)

• Platycheirus ecuadoriensis (Fluke, 1945)

• Platycheirus edwardsi (Shannon & Aubertin, 1933)

• Platycheirus europaeus (Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990)

• Platycheirus fallax (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus fasciculatus  (Loew, 1856)

• Platycheirus femineum (Curran, 1931)

• Platycheirus fenestrata (Macquart, 1842)

• Platycheirus ferrumitarsis (Steenis, Young, Ssymank, Wu, Shiao & Skevington, 2019)

• Platycheirus fimbriatus (Loew, 1871)

• Platycheirus flabella (Hull, 1944)

• Platycheirus flavipes (Szilády, 1940)

• Platycheirus formosanus (Shiraki, 1930)

• Platycheirus freyeri (Heer, 1849)

• Platycheirus fulvipes (Miller, 1924)

• Platycheirus fulviventris (Macquart, 1829)

• Platycheirus fumosus (Violovich, 1982)

• Platycheirus fuscitarsis (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2007)

• Platycheirus geminatus (Heer, 1849)

• Platycheirus glupovi (Barkalov, 2007)

• Platycheirus goeldlini (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus granditarsus (Forster, 1770)

• Platycheirus groenlandicus (Curran, 1927)

• Platycheirus gunillae (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus haidingeri (Heer, 1849)

• Platycheirus harrisi (Miller, 1921)

• Platycheirus hesperius (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus himalayensis (Brunetti, 1950)

• Platycheirus hirtipes (Kanervo, 1938)

• Platycheirus hispidipes  (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus holarcticus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus howesii (Miller, 1921)

• Platycheirus huttoni  (Thompson, 1972)

• Platycheirus hyperboreus (Staeger, 1845)

• Platycheirus immaculatus (Ôhara, 1980)

• Platycheirus immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)

• Platycheirus inflatifrons (Fluke, 1945)

• Platycheirus infumatus (Heer, 1849)

• Platycheirus inversus  (Ide 1926)

• Platycheirus isshikii (Matsumura, 1916)

• Platycheirus jaerensis (Nielsen, 1971)

• Platycheirus jakuticus (Violovich, 1978)

• Platycheirus kashkarovi (Violovich, 1978)

• Platycheirus kashmiricus (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus katunicus (Skufjin, 1987)

• Platycheirus kelloggi  (Snow, 1895)

• Platycheirus kirgizorum (Ssymank & Nielsen, 2012)

• Platycheirus kittilaensis (Dušek & Láska, 1982)

• Platycheirus laskai (Nielsen, 1999)

• Platycheirus lata (Curran, 1922)

• Platycheirus latens (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus latimanus (Wahlberg, 1844)

• Platycheirus latitarsis (Vockeroth 1990)

• Platycheirus leptospermi (Miller, 1921)

• Platycheirus lethaeus (Melander, 1949) fossil

• Platycheirus lignudus (Miller, 1921)

• Platycheirus longicornis (Peck, 1979)

• Platycheirus longigena (Enderlein, 1912)

• Platycheirus lundbecki (Collin, 1931)

• Platycheirus lundbladi (Enderlein, 1938)

• Platycheirus luteipennis (Curran, 1925)

• Platycheirus macroantennae  (He, 1992)

• Platycheirus macrocephalus  (Bagatshanova, 1980)

• Platycheirus magadanensis (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822)

• Platycheirus marokkanus (Kassebeer, 1998)

• Platycheirus melanopsis (Loew, 1856)

• Platycheirus meridimontanus (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus metallicus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus meyeri (Fluke, 1945)

• Platycheirus migriaulii (Stuke & Nielsen, 2002)

• Platycheirus modestus  (Ide, 1926)

• Platycheirus mongolicus (Stackelberg, 1974)

• Platycheirus monticola (Jones, 1917)

• Platycheirus muelleri  (Marcuzzi, 1941)

• Platycheirus myersii (Miller, 1924)

• Platycheirus naso (Walker, 1849)

• Platycheirus nearcticus (Vockeroth 1990)

• Platycheirus neoperpallidus (Young, 2016)

• Platycheirus nielseni  (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus nigritarsis (Ssymank & Nielsen, 2012)

• Platycheirus nigritus (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)

• Platycheirus nigrofemoratus (Kanervo, 1934)

• Platycheirus nodosus (Curran, 1923)

• Platycheirus normae  (Fluke 1939)

• Platycheirus notata (Bigot, 1884)

• Platycheirus nudipes (Becker, 1900)

• Platycheirus obscurus (Say, 1824)

• Platycheirus occultus (Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990)

• Platycheirus octavus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus orarius (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus oreadis (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus orientalis (Skuf'in, 1992)

• Platycheirus pacilus (Walker, 1849)

• Platycheirus pamiricus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2009)

• Platycheirus parmatus (Rondani, 1857)

• Platycheirus parvus (Williston, 1882)

• Platycheirus peckae (Bagatshanova, 1980)

• Platycheirus peltatoides (Curran, 1923)

• Platycheirus peltatus (Meigen, 1822)

• Platycheirus pennipes (Ôhara, 1980)

• Platycheirus perpallidus (Verrall, 1901)

• Platycheirus perpes (Steenis, Young, Ssymank, Wu, Shiao & Skevington, 2019)

• Platycheirus persistens (Hull, 1938)

• Platycheirus peteri (Doesburg, 1955)

• Platycheirus pictipes (Bigot, 1884)

• Platycheirus pilatus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus platygastris (Loew, 1871)

• Platycheirus podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• Platycheirus protrusus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus pulcherum (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus pullatus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus punctulatus (Wulp, 1888)

• Platycheirus pusillus (Nielsen & Romig 2010)

• Platycheirus quadratus (Say, 1823)

• Platycheirus ramsarensis (Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990)

• Platycheirus rarus (Violovich, 1978)

• Platycheirus reynoldsi (Shannon & Aubertin, 1933)

• Platycheirus ronana (Miller, 1921)

• Platycheirus rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)

• Platycheirus rufigaster (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus rufimaculatus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus russatus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus sabulicola (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus saltana (Enderlein, 1938)

• Platycheirus scamboides (Curran, 1927)

• Platycheirus scambus  (Staeger, 1843)

• Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen, 1822)

• Platycheirus scutiger (Fluke, 1945)

• Platycheirus setipes (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus setitarsis (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus shantar  (Mutin, 2021)

• Platycheirus sibiricus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2007)

• Platycheirus sigiktae (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus silesicus (Enderlein, 1938)

• Platycheirus similis (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2007)

• Platycheirus speighti (Dockzal, Stuke & Goeldlin)

• Platycheirus spinipes (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus splendidus (Rotheray 1998)

• Platycheirus squamulae (Curran, 1922)

• Platycheirus stegnoides (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus stegnus  (Say, 1829)

• Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822)

• Platycheirus striatus (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus subambiguus (Nielsen, 2004)

• Platycheirus subordinatus (Becker, 1915)

• Platycheirus tarsalis (Schummel, 1837)

• Platycheirus tatricus (Dušek & Láska, 1982)

• Platycheirus tenebrosus (Coquillett, 1900)

• Platycheirus thompsoni  (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus thylax  (Hull, 1944)

• Platycheirus torei (Barkalov, 2013 )

• Platycheirus transbaikalicus (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2009)

• Platycheirus transfugus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• Platycheirus trichopus  (Thomson, 1869)

• Platycheirus troll (Mutin, 1999)

• Platycheirus tuvaensis (Barkalov & Nielsen, 2008)

• Platycheirus urakawensis (Matsumura,1919)

• Platycheirus varipes (Curran, 1923)

• Platycheirus walkeri (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1892)

• Platycheirus willistoni (Goot, 1964)

• Platycheirus woodi (Vockeroth, 1990)

• Platycheirus yukonensis (Vockeroth, 1990)

Diagnostic keys

 * Key to Nearctic Platycheirus
 * Diptera fauna of New Zealand
 * Key to the platycheirus species of Taiwan plus DNA sequencing on 63 species.
 * Key to "melanostomini" of the Neotropical region (1945, using outdated generic concept)
 * A 1927 Key to North American species of males of the genus Platycheirus
 * Key to the insects to Russian Far East (Platycheirus starts on page 363). In Russian
 * The genus Platycheirus of Japan
 * |access-date=2012-05-09 Description, keys and maps to the Nearctic species of Platycheirus.
 * List and short description of European species

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