Identification Keys: Diptera - Syrphidae

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[Cecidomyiidae], [Chironomidae], [Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Ptychopteridae, Tipulidae, Trichoceridae], [Dolichopodidae], [Empididae, Hybotidae], [Ephydridae, Sphaeroceridae], [Phoridae], Syrphidae, [Other]


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Nedeljkovic, Z., Ricarte, A., Zoric, L.S., Dan, M., Vidakovic, D.O., & Vujic, A. (2018) "The genus Xanthogramma Schiner, 1861 (Diptera: Syrphidae) in southeastern Europe, with descriptions of two new species." Canadian Entomologist 150: 440-464.

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Vujic, A., Stahls, G., Acanski, J., Bartsch, H., Bygebjerg, R., & Stefanovic, A. (2013) "Systematics of Pipizini and taxonomy of European Pipiza Fallén: molecular and morphological evidence (Diptera, Syrphidae)." Zoologica Scripta 42: 288-305.


[General], [Vertebrates], Insects, [Other Invertebrates], [Fungi], [Plants]

[General], [Coleoptera], Diptera, [Hemiptera], [Hymenoptera], [Lepidoptera], [Odonata], [Orthoptera], [Trichoptera], [Miscellaneous]
[General], [Anthomyiidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae], [Asilidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae], [Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae], [Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae],
[Cecidomyiidae], [Chironomidae], [Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Ptychopteridae, Tipulidae, Trichoceridae], [Dolichopodidae], [Empididae, Hybotidae], [Ephydridae, Sphaeroceridae], [Phoridae], Syrphidae, [Other]

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