Further Information
Mike Hackston’s British Diptera Keys
Hoverfly Recording Scheme
Identification guides for soldierflies and allies from the Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
Craneflies – Nematocera
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- Tipula vittata
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- Tipula vernalis
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- Tipula varipennis
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- Tipula rufina
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- Tipula oleracea
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- Ptychoptera contaminata
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- Ptychoptera albimana
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Nephrotoma flavescens
Tiger Cranefly
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- Nephrotoma crocata
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- Nephrotoma appendiculata
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- Nephrotoma scurra
Bibionidae – St Mark’s Flies
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- Dilophus febrilis – Fever Fly
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- Bibio pomonae
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Bibio marci
St Marks Fly
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- Bibio leucopterus
Psychodidae – Moth Flies
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- Psychodidae sp.
Chironomidae – Non-biting Midges
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- Tanypus punctipennis
Rhagionidae – Snipeflies
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- Rhagio tringarius – Marsh Snipefly
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- Rhagio scolopaceus
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- Rhagio notatus
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Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly
Tabanidae – Horseflies
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Tabanus sudeticus
Dark Giant Horsefly
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Tabanus autumnalis
Large Marsh Horsefly
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- Hybomitra distinguenda
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Haematopota pluvialis
Notch-horned Cleg
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Chrysops relictus
Twin-lobed Deerfly
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Haematopota crassicornis
Black-horned Cleg
Stratiomidae – Soldierflies
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Stratiomys singularior
Flecked General
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Stratiomys potamida
Banded General
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Oxycera trilineata
Three-lined Soldier
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Oxycera rara
Four-barred Major
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Oplodontha viridula
Common Green Colonel
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Chloromyia formosa
Broad Centurian
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Nemotelus uliginosus
Barred Snout
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Beris vallata
Common Orange Legionnaire
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Beris geniculata
Long-horned Black Legionnaire
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Beris chalybata
Murky-legged Black Legionnaire
Bombyliidae – Bee-flies
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Bombylius major
Bee Fly
Bombyliidae – Stilettoflies
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- Thereva nobilitata
Asilidae – Robberflies
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Neoitamus cyanurus
Common Awl Robberfly
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Machimus atricapillus
Kite-tailed Robberfly
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Leptogaster cylindrica
Striped Slender Roberfly
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Leptarthrus brevirostris
Slender-footed Robberfly
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Lasiopogon cinctus
Spring Heath Robberfly
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Dioctria rufipes
Common Red-legged Robberfly
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Dioctria baumhaueri
Stripe-legged Robberfly
Empididae – Dagger Flies
Dolichopodidae – Long-legged Flies
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- Poecilobothrus nobilitatus
Syrphidae – Hoverflies
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- Xylota segnis
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- Xylota jakutorum
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- Volucella pellucens
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- Volucella bombylans
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- Tropidia scita
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- Triglyphus primus
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- Syrphus ribesii
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- Syritta pipiens
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- Sphaerophoria scripta
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- Sericomyia silentis
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- Sericomyia lappona
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- Scaeva selenitica
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- Scaeva pyrastri
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- Rhingia campestris
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- Platycheirus scutatus agg.
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- Platycheirus rosarum
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- Platycheirus peltatus
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- Platycheirus manicatus
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- Platycheirus granditarsus
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- Platycheirus fulviventris
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- Platycheirus albimanus
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- Pipiza sp.
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- Pipizella sp.
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- Parhelophilus sp.
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- Myathropa florea
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Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly
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- Meliscaeva cinctella
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- Melanostoma scalare
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- Melanostoma mellinum
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- Melangyna compositarum / labiatarum
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- Melangyna cincta
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- Leucozona lucorum
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- Leucozona laternaria
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- Leucozona glaucia
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- Helophilus trivittatus
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- Helophilus pendulus
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- Helophilus hybridus
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- Ferdinandea cuprea
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- Eupeodes luniger
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- Eupeodes latifasciatus
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- Eupeodes corollae
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- Eumerus sp.
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- Eristalis similis
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- Eristalis tenax
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- Eristalis pertinax
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- Eristalis intricarius
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- Eristalis nemorum
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- Eristalis horticola
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- Eristalis arbustorum
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- Eristalinus sepulchralis
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Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly
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- Epistrophe nitidicollis
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- Epistrophe eligans
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- Epistrophe diaphana
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- Dasysyrphus venustus
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- Dasysyrphus tricinctus
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- Dasysyrphus albostriatus
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- Criorhina floccosa
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- Chrysotoxum festivum
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- Chrysotoxum bicinctum
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- Chrysogaster solstitialis
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- Cheilosia variabilis
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- Cheilosia scutellata
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- Cheilosia pagana
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- Cheilosia illustrata
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- Cheilosia grossa
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- Cheilosia albitarsis agg.
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- Baccha elongata
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- Anasimyia contracta
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- Volucella zonaria
Conopidae – Thick-headed Flies
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- Sicus ferrugineus
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- Physocephala rufipes
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- Conops quadrifasciatus
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- Conops flavipes
Micropezidae – Stilt-legged flies
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- Micropeza corrigiolata
Pallopteridae, Ulidiidae, Platystomatidae & Tephritidae – Picture-winged Flies
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- Urophora stylata
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- Urophora quadrifasciata
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- Urophora jaceana agg.
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- Urophora cardui
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- Terellia ruficauda
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- Tephritis formosa
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- Euleia heraclei
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- Ceroxys urticae
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- Anomoia purmunda
Sciomyzidae – Snail-killing Flies
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- Trypetoptera punctulata
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- Sepedon sphegea
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- Coremacera marginata
Chloropidae – Grass Flies
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- Thaumatomyia cf. notata
Scathophagidae – Dungflies
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Scathophaga stercoraria
Yellow Dung Fly
Heleomyzidae
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- Suillia affinis
Muscidae – Houseflies & Allies
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- Mesembrina meridiana
Calliphoridae – Blow Flies
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- Cynomya mortuorum
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- Calliphora vicina
Tachinidae – Parasitic Flies
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- Voria ruralis
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- Tachina grossa
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- Tachina fera
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- Phasia hemiptera
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- Gymnocheta viridis
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- Dexiosoma caninum