A checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Three species of Syrphidae, Platycheirus modestus Ide, 1926, Cheilosia barovskii (Stackelberg, 1930) and Mallota tricolor Loew, 1871, are published as new to the Finnish fauna. P. modestus is also new to the Palaearctic.

Checklist, Finland, Diptera , Syrphidae , faunistics

Adults of Syrphidae (hoverflies or flower flies) are mimics of bees, bumblebees, wasps and sawflies. Syrphid flies are active visitors of flowers for nectar and pollen and therefore they are important pollinators. The syrphid adults are excellent fliers and often seen hovering.

The larvae of hoverflies exploit a wide range of food sources. The majority of the species are predators and a large number of them feed on aphids. Almost half of the syrphid species are phytophagous or saprophagous. The larvae of phytophagous species tunnel in roots and stems of plants and some mine in leaves, but this rarely causes significant economic damage. Aquatic larvae are saprophagous in decaying organic material and feed on detritus or filter bacteria. Also larvae living in dead wood and in sap runs probably filter bacteria from the decaying mass. (Marshall 2012, Van Veen 2004).

Only a few active Diptera researchers, Richard Frey, Wolter Hellén and Erkki Kanervo, studied the fauna of Finnish syrphids from the 1910s to the 1960s. They created a very good base for the knowledge of the Finnish syrphid fauna. Hackman (1980) published a list of the Finnish flies including 270 species of hoverflies. The beginning of the 2000s was an active period for faunistic research of the hoverfly fauna and the number of recorded hoverfly species had increased to 347 as the book on Finnish hoverflies (Haarto and Kerppola 2007a) was published. After that the knowledge has still been increasing thanks to working on the taxonomy and faunistics of the Finnish hoverfly fauna so that the distribution can be considered as well-known for over 90 per cent of the Finnish hoverfly species (Kahanpää 2010).

The Finnish hoverfly species were last listed by Kerppola (2013) with additions and omissions of species and with some nomenclature changes.

Identification: The Finnish syrphid fauna is best covered for identification by Haarto and Kerppola (2007a) and Bartsch (2009) although some species are missing in these books. Most of the species can be identified by external characters but some species require male genitalic characters for reliable determination.

Number of species:

World: 6015 species (Pape et al. 2011)

Europe: 830 species

Finland: 362 species

Faunistic knowledge level in Finland: good

suborder Brachycera Macquart, 1834

clade Eremoneura Lameere, 1906

clade Aschiza Becher, 1882

superfamily Syrphoidea Latreille, 1802

SYRPHIDAE Latreille, 1802

SYRPHINAE Latreille, 1802

tribe Bacchini Bigot, 1883

BACCHA Fabricius, 1805

Baccha elongata (Fabricius, 1775)

= obscuripennis Meigen, 1822

tribe Melanostomini Williston, 1885

MELANOSTOMA Schiner, 1860

Melanostoma dubium (Zetterstedt, 1837)

= freyi (Hellén, 1950)

Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)

PLATYCHEIRUS Le Peletier & Serville, 1828

sg. Platycheirus Le Peletier & Serville, 1828

Platycheirus aeratus Coquillet, 1900

= angustitarsis Kanervo, 1934

Platycheirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781)

Platycheirus ambiguus (Fallén, 1817)

Platycheirus amplus Curran, 1927

Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Platycheirus aurolateralis (Stubbs, 2002)

Platycheirus brunnifrons Nielsen, 2004

Platycheirus carinatus (Curran, 1927)

? = hirtipes Kanervo, 1938

Platycheirus clypeatus (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus discimanus Loew, 1871

Platycheirus europaeus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

Platycheirus fulviventris (Macquart, 1829)

Platycheirus goeldlini Nielsen, 2004

Platycheirus groenlandicus Curran, 1927

= boreomontanus Nielsen, 1981

= monticolus Nielsen, 1972 preocc.

Platycheirus holarcticus Vockeroth, 1990

Platycheirus hyperboreus (Staeger, 1844)

Platycheirus immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)

Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen, 1971

Platycheirus kittilaensis Dušek & Láska, 1982

= complicatus misid.

Platycheirus laskai Nielsen, 1999

Platycheirus latimanus (Wahlberg, 1844)

Platycheirus lundbecki (Collin, 1931)

Platycheirus magadanensis Mutin, 1999

Platycheirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus modestus Ide, 1926

Platycheirus nielseni Vockeroth, 1990

Platycheirus nigrofemoratus Kanervo, 1934

Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

Platycheirus parmatus Rondani, 1857

Platycheirus peltatus (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus perpallidus Verral, 1901

Platycheirus podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Platycheirus ramsarensis Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990

Platycheirus scambus (Staeger, 1843)

Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus splendidus Rotheray, 1998

Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822)

Platycheirus subordinatus Becker, 1915

Platycheirus tarsalis (Schummel, 1836)

Platycheirus transfugus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Platycheirus urakawensis (Matsumura, 1919)

Platycheirus varipes Curran, 1923

sg. Pyrophaena Schiner, 1860

Platycheirus granditarsus (Forster, 1771)

Platycheirus rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)

XANTHANDRUS Verrall, 1901

Xanthandrus comtus (Harris, 1780)

tribe Paragini Glumac, 1961

PARAGUS Latreille, 1804

Paragus constrictus Šimić, 1986

Paragus finitimus Goeldlin, 1971

Paragus haemorrhous Meigen, 1822

= sigillatus Curtis, 1836

Paragus pecchiolii Rondani, 1857

= majoranae auct. nec Rondani, 1857

= albifrons misid.

Paragus tibialis (Fallén, 1817)

tribe Chrysotoxini Newman, 1834

CHRYSOTOXUM Meigen, 1803

Chrysotoxum arcuatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

= fasciatum (Müller, 1764)

Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chrysotoxum cautum (Harris, 1776)

Chrysotoxum fasciolatum (De Geer, 1776)

Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)

= arcuatum auct. nec (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chrysotoxum octomaculatum Curtis, 1937

= elegans misid.

Chrysotoxum vernale Loew, 1841

tribe Syrphini Latreille, 1802

DASYSYRPHUS Enderlein, 1838

Dasysyrphus albostriatus (Fallén, 1817)

Dasysyrphus friuliensis (van der Goot, 1960)

= claviger (Frey, 1930)

= carpathicus Stys & Moucha, 1962

Dasysyrphus hilaris (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Dasysyrphus nigricornis (Verrall, 1873)

= obscuratus (Ringdahl, 1928)

Dasysyrphus pauxillus (Williston, 1887)

Dasysyrphus pinastri (De Geer, 1776)

= lunulatus (Meigen, 1822)

Dasysyrphus postclaviger Stys & Moucha, 1962

= claviger (Frey, 1930) preocc.

Dasysyrphus tricinctus (Fallén, 1817)

Dasysyrphus venustus (Meigen, 1822)

= arcuatus (Fallén, 1817)

DIDEA Macquart, 1834

Didea alneti (Fallén, 1817)

Didea fasciata Macquart, 1834

Didea intermedia Loew, 1854

DOROS Meigen, 1803

Doros profuges (Harris, 1780)

= conopseus auct. nec (Linnaeus, 1758)

EPISTROPHE Walker, 1852

Epistrophe annulitarsis Stackelberg, 1918

Epistrophe cryptica Doczkal & Schmid, 1994

Epistrophe diaphana (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Epistrophe eligans (Harris, 1780)

= bifasciata (Fabricius, 1794) preocc.

Epistrophe flava Doczkal & Schmid, 1994

= melanostomoides misid.

Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822)

Epistrophe melanostoma (Zetterstedt, 1843)

= melanostomoides Strobl, 1910

Epistrophe nitidicollis (Meigen, 1822)

Epistrophe obscuripes (Strobl, 1910)

= similis Doczkal & Schmid, 1994

Epistrophe ochrostoma (Zetterstedt, 1849)

Epistrophe olgae Mutin, 1990

EPISTROPHELLA Dušek & Láska, 1967

Epistrophella euchroma (Kowarz, 1885)

EPISYRPHUS Matsumura & Adachi, 1917

Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)

ERIOZONA Schiner, 1860

Eriozona syrphoides (Fallén, 1817)

EUPEODES Osten Sacken, 1877

= Metasyrphus Matsumura, 1917

Eupeodes abiskoensis (Dušek & Láska, 1973)

Eupeodes biciki (Nielsen, 2003)

Eupeodes bucculatus (Rondani, 1857)

= latilunulatus (Collin, 1931)

Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius, 1794)

Eupeodes curtus (Hine, 1922)

Eupeodes duseki Mazánek, Láska & Bicik, 1999

Eupeodes goeldlini Mazánek, Láska & Bicik, 1999

Eupeodes latifasciatus (Macquart, 1829)

Eupeodes lundbecki (Soot-Ryen, 1946)

Eupeodes luniger (Meigen, 1822)

Eupeodes nielseni (Dušek & Láska, 1976)

Eupeodes nitens (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Eupeodes punctifer (Frey, 1934)

= borealis misid.

Eupeodes tirolensis (Dušek & Láska, 1973)

FAGISYRPHUS Dušek & Láska, 1967

Fagisyrphus cinctus (Fallén, 1817)

LAPPOSYRPHUS Dušek & Láska, 1967

Lapposyrphus lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

LEUCOZONA Schiner, 1860

sg. Leucozona Schiner, 1860

Leucozona inopinata Doczkal, 2000

Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

sg. Ischyrosyrphus Bigot, 1882

Leucozona glaucia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leucozona laternaria (Müller, 1776)

MEGASYRPHUS Duššek & Láska, 1967

Megasyrphus erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

= annulipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)

MELANGYNA Verrall, 1901

Melangyna arctica (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Melangyna barbifrons (Fallén, 1817)

Melangyna coei Nielsen, 1971

Melangyna compositarum (Verrall, 1873)

Melangyna lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Melangyna lucifera Nielsen, 1980

Melangyna quadrimaculata (Verrall, 1873)

Melangyna umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794)

MELIGRAMMA Frey, 1946

Meligramma guttata (Fallén, 1817)

Meligramma triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843)

MELISCAEVA Frey, 1946

Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822)

Meliscaeva cinctella (Zetterstedt, 1843)

PARASYRPHUS Matsumura, 1917

Parasyrphus annulatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Parasyrphus groenlandicus (Nielsen, 1910)

Parasyrphus lineolus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Parasyrphus macularis (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Parasyrphus malinellus (Collin, 1952)

Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Parasyrphus proximus Mutin, 1990

Parasyrphus punctulatus (Verrall, 1873)

Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

= dryadis (Holmgren, 1869)

Parasyrphus vittiger (Zetterstedt, 1843)

SCAEVA Fabricius, 1805

Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scaeva selenitica (Meigen, 1822)

SPHAEROPHORIA Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Sphaerophoria abbreviata Zetterstedt, 1859

Sphaerophoria bankowskae Goeldlin, 1989

Sphaerophoria batava Goeldlin, 1974

Sphaerophoria boreoalpina Goeldlin, 1989

Sphaerophoria chongjini Bankowska, 1964

Sphaerophoria fatarum Goeldlin, 1989

Sphaerophoria interrupta (Fabricius, 1805)

= menthastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphaerophoria kaa Violovitsh, 1960

Sphaerophoria laurae Goeldlin, 1989

Sphaerophoria loewi Zetterstedt, 1843

Sphaerophoria pallidula Mutin, 1999

Sphaerophoria philantha (Meigen, 1822)

= sarmatica Bankowska, 1964

Sphaerophoria rueppelli (Wiedemann, 1830)

Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphaerophoria taeniata (Meigen, 1822)

Sphaerophoria virgata Goeldlin, 1974

SYRPHUS Fabricius, 1775

Syrphus admirandus Goeldlin, 1996

Syrphus attenuatus Hine, 1922

= pilisquamus Ringdahl, 1928

Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758)

= brevicinctus Kanervo, 1938

Syrphus sexmaculatus Zetterstedt, 1838

Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875

Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822

= rectus bretoletensis Goeldlin, 1996

XANTHOGRAMMA Schiner, 1860

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum (De Geer, 1776)

= festivum auct. nec (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xanthogramma pedissequum (Harris, 1776)

Xanthogramma stackelbergi Violovitsh, 1975

MILESIINAE Rondani, 1845

tribe Cerioidini Wahlgren, 1909

CERIANA Rafinesque, 1815

Ceriana conopsoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

SPHIXIMORPHA Rondani, 1850

Sphiximorpha subsessilis (Illiger in Rossi, 1807)

tribe Cheilosini Williston, 1885

CHEILOSIA Meigen, 1822

Cheilosia alba Vujić & Claussen, 2000

Cheilosia albipila Meigen, 1838

Cheilosia albitarsis (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia alpina (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Cheilosia angustigenis Becker, 1894

Cheilosia barbata Loew, 1857

= honesta Rondani, 1868

Cheilosia barovskii (Stackelberg, 1930)

Cheilosia carbonaria Egger, 1860

Cheilosia chrysocoma (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia cynocephala Loew, 1840

Cheilosia flavipes (Panzer, 1798)

Cheilosia flavissima Becker, 1894

= pallipes auct. nec Loew, 1863

Cheilosia fraterna (Meigen, 1830)

Cheilosia frontalis Loew, 1857

Cheilosia gigantea (Zetterstedt, 1838)

= gracilis Hellén, 1914

Cheilosia grossa (Fallén, 1817)

Cheilosia illustrata (Harris, 1780)

Cheilosia impressa Loew, 1840

Cheilosia ingerae Nielsen & Claussen, 2001

Cheilosia lasiopa Kowarz, 1885

= honesta auct. nec Rondani, 1868

Cheilosia latifrons (Zetterstedt, 1843)

= intonsa Loew, 1857

Cheilosia longula (Zetterstedt, 1838)

= plumulifera Loew, 1857

= soror misid.

Cheilosia melanopa (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Cheilosia mutabilis (Fallén, 1817)

= ruralis (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia naruska Haarto & Kerppola, 2007

Cheilosia nebulosa Verrall, 1871

= langhofferi Becker, 1894

Cheilosia nigripes (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia pagana (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia proxima (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894

Cheilosia pubera (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Cheilosia reniformis Hellén, 1930

Cheilosia rufimana Becker, 1894

Cheilosia sahlbergi Becker, 1894

Cheilosia scutellata (Fallén, 1817)

Cheilosia semifasciata Becker, 1894

Cheilosia sootryeni Nielsen, 1970

Cheilosia urbana (Meigen, 1822)

= ruralis (Meigen, 1822)

= praecox (Zetterstedt, 1843)

= globulipes Becker, 1894

Cheilosia uviformis Becker, 1894

= argentifrons Hellén, 1914

Cheilosia variabilis (Panzer, 1798)

Cheilosia velutina Loew, 1840

Cheilosia vernalis (Fallén, 1817)

= rotundicornis Hellén, 1914

= rotundiventris Becker, 1894

= ruficollis Becker, 1894

Cheilosia vicina (Zetterstedt, 1849)

= nasutula Becker, 1894

Cheilosia vulpina (Meigen, 1822)

Cheilosia sp. A in Haarto & Kerppola, 2007

FERDINANDEA Rondani, 1844

Ferdinandea cuprea (Scopoli, 1763)

RHINGIA Scopoli, 1763

Rhingia borealis Ringdahl, 1928

= austriaca auct. nec Meigen, 1830

Rhingia campestris Meigen, 1822

tribe Chrysogasterini Shannon, 1922

BRACHYOPA Meigen, 1822

Brachyopa cinerea Wahlberg, 1844

Brachyopa dorsata Zetterstedt, 1837

Brachyopa obscura Thompson & Torp, 1982

Brachyopa pilosa Collin, 1939

= bicolor misid.

Brachyopa testacea (Fallén, 1817)

= conica misid.

Brachyopa vittata Zetterstedt, 1843

Brachyopa zhelochovtsevi Mutin, 1998

CHRYSOGASTER Meigen, 1803

Chrysogaster coemiteriorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

= cemiteriorum emend.

= chalybeata Meigen, 1822

Chrysogaster solstitialis (Fallén, 1817)

Chrysogaster virescens Loew, 1854

CHRYSOSYRPHUS Sedman, 1965

= Helleniola Stackelberg, 1965

Chrysosyrphus nasutus (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Chrysosyrphus niger (Zetterstedt, 1843)

= Myolepta nigra mistake

HAMMERSCHMIDTIA Schummel, 1834

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea (Fallén, 1817)

Hammerschmidtia ingrica Stackelberg, 1952

LEJOGASTER Rondani, 1857

Lejogaster metallina (Fabricius, 1781)

Lejogaster tarsata (Meigen, 1822)

= splendida (Meigen, 1822)

MELANOGASTER Rondani, 1857

Melanogaster aerosa (Loew, 1843)

= macquarti (Loew, 1843)

= viduata misid.

Melanogaster parumplicata (Loew, 1840)

NEOASCIA Williston, 1886

sg. Neoascia Williston, 1886

Neoascia podagrica (Fabricius, 1775)

Neoascia tenur (Harris, 1780)

= dispar (Meigen, 1822)

= lapponica Kanervo, 1934

= splendida Kanervo, 1934

sg. Neoasciella Stackelberg, 1970

Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822)

Neoascia interrupta (Meigen, 1822)

Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)

= aenea (Meigen, 1822)

Neoascia obliqua Coe, 1940

Neoascia subchalybea Curran, 1925

= petsamoensis Kanervo, 1934

ORTHONEVRA Macquart, 1829

Orthonevra elegans (Meigen, 1822)

Orthonevra erythrogona (Malm, 1863)

Orthonevra geniculata (Meigen, 1830)

= linnaniemii Kanervo, 1934

Orthonevra intermedia Lundbeck, 1916

= rossica Stackelberg, 1953

Orthonevra nobilis (Fallén, 1817)

Orthonevra plumbago (Loew, 1840)

= brevicornis misid.

Orthonevra stackelbergi Thompson & Torp, 1982

= intermedia misid.

SPHEGINA Meigen, 1822

sg. Sphegina Meigen, 1822

Sphegina clunipes (Fallén, 1816)

Sphegina elegans Schummel, 1843

= kimakowiczi misid.

Sphegina montana Becker, 1921

= violovitshi misid.

= verecunda misid.

Sphegina spheginea (Zetterstedt, 1838)

sg. Asiosphegina Stackelberg, 1975

Sphegina sibirica Stackelberg, 1953

tribe Eristalini Newman, 1834

ANASIMYIA Schiner, 1864

= Eurimyia Bigot, 1883

Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp, 1980

Anasimyia interpuncta (Harris, 1776)

Anasimyia lineata (Fabricius, 1787)

Anasimyia lunulata (Meigen, 1822)

Anasimyia transfuga (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERISTALINUS Rondani, 1845

Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)

Eristalinus sepulchralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERISTALIS Latreille, 1804

Eristalis abusiva Collin, 1931

Eristalis alpina (Panzer, 1798)

Eristalis anthophorina (Fallén, 1817)

Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

= nemorum auct. nec (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eristalis cryptarum (Fabricius, 1794)

Eristalis fratercula Zetterstedt, 1838

= vallei Kanervo, 1934

Eristalis gomojunovae Violovitsh, 1977

= fratercula auct. nec Zetterstedt, 1838

Eristalis hirta Loew, 1866

= E. tundrarum Frey, 1932

Eristalis horticola (De Geer, 1776)

= lineata (Harris, 1776)

Eristalis intricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eristalis nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

= interrupta (Poda, 1761)

Eristalis obscura Loew, 1866

= pseudorupium Kanervo, 1938

= vitripennis Strobl, 1893

Eristalis oestracea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli, 1763)

Eristalis picea (Fallén, 1817)

Eristalis rupium (Fabricius, 1805)

Eristalis similis (Fallén, 1817)

= pratorum (Meigen, 1822)

Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)

HELOPHILUS Meigen, 1822

Helophilus affinis Wahlberg, 1844

Helophilus bottnicus Wahlberg, 1844

Helophilus groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1780)

Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846

Helophilus lapponicus Wahlberg, 1844

= borealis Staeger, 1845

Helophilus pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Helophilus trivittatus (Fabricius, 1805)

= parallelus (Harris, 1776)

MALLOTA Meigen, 1822

Mallota megilliformis (Fallén, 1817)

Mallota tricolor Loew, 1871

MYATHROPA Rondani, 1845

Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758)

PARHELOPHILUS Girschner, 1897

Parhelophilus consimilis (Malm, 1863)

Parhelophilus frutetorum (Fabricius, 1775)

Parhelophilus versicolor (Fabricius, 1794)

tribe Eumerini Smirnov, 1924

EUMERUS Meigen, 1822

Eumerus flavitarsis Zetterstedt, 1843

Eumerus funeralis Meigen, 1822

= tuberculatus Rondani, 1857

Eumerus grandis Meigen, 1822

= annulatus (Panzer, 1798)

Eumerus ruficornis Meigen, 1822

Eumerus sabulonum (Fallén, 1817)

Eumerus strigatus (Fallén, 1817)

tribe Merodontini Edwards, 1915

MERODON Meigen, 1803

Merodon equestris (Fabricius, 1794)

tribe Pelecocerini Williston, 1887

PELECOCERA Meigen, 1822

= Chamaesyrphus Mik, 1895

Pelecocera caledonica (Collin, 1940)

Pelecocera lusitanica (Mik, 1898)

Pelecocera scaevoides (Fallén, 1817)

Pelecocera tricincta Meigen, 1822

tribe Pipizini Williston, 1885

CRYPTOPIPIZA Mutin, 1998

Cryptopipiza notabila (Violovitsh, 1985)

HERINGIA Rondani, 1856

Heringia heringi (Zetterstedt, 1843)

NEOCNEMODON Goffe, 1944

= Cnemodon Egger, 1865 preocc.

Neocnemodon fulvimanus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Neocnemodon larusi (Vujić, 1999)

= fulvimanus auct. nec (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Neocnemodon latitarsis (Egger, 1865)

Neocnemodon pubescens (Delucchi & Pschorn-Walcher, 1955)

Neocnemodon verrucula (Collin, 1931)

Neocnemodon vitripennis (Meigen, 1822)

PIPIZA Fallén, 1810

Pipiza accola Violovitsh, 1985

Pipiza austriaca Meigen, 1822

Pipiza fasciata Meigen, 1822

Pipiza festiva Meigen, 1822

Pipiza lugubris (Fabricius, 1775)

Pipiza luteitarsis Zetterstedt, 1843

Pipiza noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pipiza notata Meigen, 1822

= bimaculata Meigen, 1822

Pipiza quadrimaculata (Panzer, 1804)

PIPIZELLA Rondani, 1856

Pipizella certa Violovitsh, 1981

= brevis auct. nec Lucas, 1976

Pipizella obscura Van Steenis & Lucas, 2011

Pipizella viduata (Linnaeus, 1758)

= virens misid.

TRICHOPSOMYIA Williston, 1888

Trichopsomyia flavitarsis (Meigen, 1822)

Trichopsomyia joratensis Goeldlin, 1997

TRIGLYPHUS Loew, 1840

Triglyphus primus Loew, 1840

tribe Sericomyiini Rondani, 1845

SERICOMYIA Meigen, 1803

Sericomyia arctica Schirmer, 1913

Sericomyia jakutica (Stackelberg, 1927)

Sericomyia lappona (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sericomyia nigra Portschinsky, 1872

Sericomyia silentis (Harris, 1776)

tribe Volucellini Newman, 1834

VOLUCELLA Geoffroy, 1762

Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758)

tribe Xylotini Bigot, 1883

BLERA Billberg, 1820

Blera eoa (Stackelberg 1928)

Blera fallax (Linnaeus, 1758)

BRACHYPALPOIDES Hippa, 1978

Brachypalpoides lentus (Meigen, 1822)

BRACHYPALPUS Macquart, 1834

Brachypalpus laphriformis (Fallén, 1816)

CHALCOSYRPHUS Curran, 1925

Chalcosyrphus jacobsoni (Stackelberg, 1921)

Chalcosyrphus nemorum (Fabricius, 1805)

Chalcosyrphus nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius, 1794)

Chalcosyrphus rufipes (Loew, 1873)

Chalcosyrphus valgus (Gmelin, 1790)

= femoratus auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758

CRIORHINA Meigen, 1822

Criorhina asilica (Fallén, 1816)

LEJOTA Rondani, 1857

Lejota ruficornis (Zetterstedt, 1843)

SPHECOMYIA Latreille, 1829

Sphecomyia vespiformis Gorski, 1852

SPILOMYIA Meigen, 1803

Spilomyia diophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)

SYRITTA Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758)

TEMNOSTOMA Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Temnostoma angustistriatum Krivosheina, 2002

= bombylans auct. nec (Fabricius, 1805)

Temnostoma apiforme (Fabricius, 1794)

Temnostoma carens Gaunitz, 1936

Temnostoma sericomyiaeforme (Portschinsky, 1886)

Temnostoma vespiforme (Linnaeus, 1758)

TROPIDIA Meigen, 1822

Tropidia fasciata Meigen, 1822

Tropidia scita (Harris, 1780)

XYLOTA Meigen, 1822

Xylota caeruleiventris Zetterstedt, 1838

Xylota florum (Fabricius, 1805)

Xylota ignava (Panzer, 1798)

Xylota jakutorum Bagatshanova, 1980

= caeruleiventris auct. nec Zetterstedt, 1838

Xylota meigeniana Stackelberg, 1964

Xylota segnis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xylota suecica (Ringdahl, 1943)

Xylota sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xylota tarda Meigen, 1822

Xylota triangularis Zetterstedt, 1838

Xylota xanthocnema Collin, 1939

MICRODONTINAE Rondani, 1845

tribe Microdontini Rondani, 1845

MICRODON Meigen, 1803

Microdon analis (Macquart, 1842)

= eggeri Mik, 1897

Microdon miki Doczkal & Schmid, 1999

= latifrons auct. nec (Loew, 1856)

Microdon mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microdon devius (Linnaeus, 1761) was not found within present borders.

Neoascia annexa (Müller, 1776) was included in the Finnish species list in Fauna Europaea (Speight 2004). Authors have not found any specimens or publications that reliably show N. annexa to belong in the Finnish fauna.

Paragus punctulatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) was included in the Finnish species list in Fauna Europaea (Speight 2004). Authors have not found any specimens or publications that reliably show P. punctulatus to belong in the Finnish fauna.

Parasyrphus relictus (Zetterstedt, 1838): The status of P. relictus is unclear and the type material is lost (Speight 2013). P. relictus was excluded from Finnish checklist by Haarto and Kerppola (2007b).

Sphaerophoria sp. B was discovered as a deformed specimen of Sphaerophoria laurae Goeldlin, 1989.

Temnostoma meridionale (Krivosheina & Mamayev, 1962) was included in the Finnish species list in Fauna Europaea (Speight 2004). Authors have not found any specimens or publications that reliably show T. meridionale to belong in the Finnish fauna.

Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Melanostoma dubium (Zetterstedt, 1837) form a species complex and it is very doubtful whether present species concepts provide an accurate reflection of the number of Melanostoma species (Speight 2013).

Platycheirus modestus Ide, 1926. A previously unpublished record. A new species to the Palaearctic. One male was collected in 4.7.2008 from Obb: Tornio (leg. I. Kakko).

Dasysyrphus spp. Both D. venustus (Meigen, 1822) and D. hilaris (Zetterstedt, 1843) are known to contain several species (Haarto and Kerppola 2007a, Bartsch 2009a).

Cheilosia barovskii (Stackelberg, 1930). A previously unpublished record. Five females were collected in 30.5.1937 from Ta: Sääksmäki (leg. K.E. Kivirikko) and one female in 20.5.2013 from N: Sipoo (leg. T. Järveläinen).

Myolepta nigra (Loew, 1872) was erroneously included in the list of Finnish flies (Hackman 1980) instead of Helleniola nigra (Zetterstedt, 1843) = Chrysosyrphus niger (Hackman 1982).

The used nomenclature of the species E. nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758), E. arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758) and E. horticola (De Geer, 1776) follows the proposal in Case 3259 by Chandler et al. (2004) and the usage of these names is confirmed in Opinion 2153 by ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomeclature) (2006).

Mallota tricolor Loew, 1871. A previously unpublished record. One male was collected in 4.8.1977 from Ta: Hämeenlinna (leg. M. Raekunnas) and another male in 13.6.–6.7.2013 from Sa: Joutseno (leg. J. Vilén).

Microdon mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Microdon myrmicae Schönrogge, Barr, Wardlaw, Napper, Gardner, Breen, Elmes & Thomas, 2002 form a species complex the species of which can be separate only by characters of the larvae and the puparia (Bartsch 2009b). In the Finnish checklist M. mutabilis represents either of the two species or include both of the species.