page_title: Platycheirus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Platycheirus / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Platycheirus peltatus (male)
context_page_description: Platycheirus is a large genus of hoverflies.
context_section_description: 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 le Peletier & 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 Róndani, 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)
caption: Platycheirus peltatus male
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