This list is from specimens in the LACM or recently collected by us. It does NOT include literature records. Click on a name to see a species page, including photographs, for each species.  
 

List of hover flies recorded from Los Angeles County

 
 

Note: This section is still under construction. A large amount of information is available here, but there are still a few elements yet to be added. For starters, while a majority of the species pages area present, those not yet linked are still being put together and will be accessible here as soon as they are completed. Next, most of the species pages have distribution data listed, however for a few of them this information is still being compiled and will be added soon. And finally, you will notice that each species page has a map at the bottom of it - linking to the Discover Life database. Most of these are blank at the moment, but will indicate species distribution once we are able to upload that information into the Discover Life database.

 
 
 

Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann, 1830)
Allograpta micrura (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823)
Asemosyrphus polygrammus (Loew, 1872)
Blera humeralis (Williston, 1882)
Brachyopa daeckei Johnson, 1917
Brachypalpus cyanella Osten Sacken, 1877
Callicera montensis Snow, 1892
Ceriana tridens (Loew, 1872)
Chalcosyrphus nemorum (Fabricius, 1805)
Chamaesyrphus brachyopoides Thompson, MS
Cheilosia hoodiana (Bigot, 1884)
Chrysotoxum derivatum Walker, 1849
Chrysotoxum flavifrons Macquart, 1842
Chrysotoxum ypsilon Williston, 1887
Copestylum anna (Williston, 1887)
Copestylum avidum (Osten Sacken, 1887)
Copestylum caudatum (Curran, 1927)
Copestylum comstocki (Williston, 1887)
Copestylum fraudulentum (Williston, 1891)
Copestylum haagii (Jaennicke, 1867)
Copestylum lentum Williston, 1887
Copestylum marginatum (Say, 1829)
Copestylum mexicanum (Macquart, 1842)
Copestylum satur (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Copestylum victoria (Williston, 1887)
Criorhina coquilletti Williston, 1892
Criorhina metallica (Bigot, 1882)
Dasysyrphus intrudens (Osten Sacken, 1887)
Epistrophe sp.
Eristalinus taeniops (Wiedemann, 1818)
Eristalis aeneus (Scopoli, 1763 )
Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eristalis hirtus Loew, 1866
Eristalis stipator Osten Sacken, 1877
Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eumerus funeralis Meigen, 1822
Eumerus narcissi Smith, 1928
Eupeodes fumipennis (Thomson, 1869)
Eupeodes lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Eupeodes latifasciatus (Macquart, 1829)
Eupeodes perplexus (Osburn, 1910)
Eupeodes volucris Osten Sacken, 1877
Ferndinandea croesus (Osten Sacken, 1877)

 

Hadromyia crawfordi (Shannon, 1916)
Helophilus latifrons (Loew, 1863)
Heringia canadensis Curran
Lejops curvipes (Wiedemann, 1830)
Mallota sackeni Williston, 1882
Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Merodon equestris Fabricius
Microdon balioptera Loew
Microdon lanceolatus Adams
Microdon marmoratus Bigot
Microdon piperi Knab
Myolepta aurinota (Hine, 1903)
Myolepta lunulata Bigot, 1884
Nausigaster punctulata Williston
Nausigaster unimaculata Townsend
Ocyptamus diversifasciatus Coquillett
Ocyptamus lemur Osten Sacken
Orthonevra bellula (Williston, 1882)
Orthonevra nigrovittata Loew
Palpada mexicana Macquart
Paragus haemorrhous Meigen
Pipiza davidsoni Curran
Platycheirus confusus Curran
Platycheirus hesperius Vockeroth, 1990
Platycheirus obscurus Say
Platycheirus quadratus Say
Platycheirus spinipes Vockeroth
Platycheirus stegnus Say
Platycheirus trichopus (Thomson, 1869)
Pseudodoros clavatus Fabricius
Psilota thatuna Shannon
Scaeva pyrastri Linnaeus
Sphaerophoria contigua Macquart, 1847
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes Thomson
Sphecomyia dyari Shannon
Sphegina infuscata Loew
Spilomyia foxleei Vockeroth
Spilomyia interrupta Williston
Syritta pipiens Linnaeus
Syrphus opinator Osten Sacken
Toxomerus geminatus (Say, 1823)
Toxomerus marginatus Say
Toxomerus occidentalis Curran
Tropidia quadrata Say

 
 
 

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