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Family	Syrphidae
Sub Family
Description	hoverflies
Background to Family	The adults of these flies are often striking, but harmless, mimics of bees and wasps. They feed on pollen and nectar, as well as honeydew. The larvae have diverse plant and fungal associations: as herbivores in the bulbs, stems or rootstocks of monocot and dicot perennial herbs; as mycophages in fungal fruiting bodies; as saprophages associated with decay in trees, and as predators of other insect herbivores. A few species are economic pests of bulbs.

No. taxa in DBIF	76
No. interactions	246
% interactions with British data	90%
No. records	354
% taxa with British data	99%
Notes	Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Stubbs & Falk, 2002 (British Hoverflies, 2nd edn. British Entomological and Natural History Society).; The database contains close plant interactions for non-phytophagous species; typically these are aphid predators, or saprophages associated with trees.;
Notes on Sources	(33%) Ball, S.G. and Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae).; (24%) Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (2002) British hoverflies and illustrated identification guide, 2nd Edn. BENHS.; (15%) Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide. BENHS.
Most recent source	2002

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:26
Source	Uffen, R. & Chandler, P. in eds. Stubbs, A. & Chandler, P. (1978) A Dipterist's Handbook 15 213-236:221
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:201
Source	Stubbs, A.E.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 114-117:115
Source	Rotheray, G.E.(1988) Jnl. nat. Hist. 22 17-25:21
Source	Ball, S.G. and Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae).
Source	Stubbs, A.E.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 114-117:116
Source	Rotheray, G.E.(1988) Jnl. nat. Hist. 22 17-25:24
Source	Bloxham, M.G.(1988) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 100 11-19:15
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:202
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:164
Source	Stubbs (1997)
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (2002) British hoverflies and illustrated identification guide.
Source	Smith, G.V.(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 190-194:190
Source	Rotheray, G.E.(1988) Jnl. nat. Hist. 22 17-25:22
Source	Stubbs, A.E.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 114-117:114
Source	Allen, A.A.(1981) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 93 46-46:46
Source	Smith, G.V.(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 190-194:192
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:168
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (2002) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide.
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:169
Source	Smith, G.V.(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 190-194:191
Source	Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :187
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:170
Source	Schmid and Grossman (1996)
Source	Allen, A.A.(1984) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 96 11-11:11
Source	Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. (1983) British Hoverflies an illustrated identification guide 1-253:25
Source	Rotheray, G.E.(1988) Jnl. nat. Hist. 22 17-25:23

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