Recorder: Derek Whiteley
Send your Diptera records to: Mr D Whiteley.
6 Dale View Terrace
Cressbrook
Derbyshire
SK17 8SY
0114 2798588
The list of hoverfly species below has been compiled from the combined species lists for postcode areas NG12 and NG13 on the Hoverfly Recording Scheme website.
The status has been allocated according to the frequency of distribution for the eight 10km squares that include Rushcliffe, on the maps on the same website.
In February 2016, the entry was revised with reference to Wetton B.W.; Hoverflies (Syrphidae) of Nottinghamshire; Sorby Record, No 39; 2003
Additional records are credited individually.
| Species | Status |
|---|---|
| Anasimyia contracta | Scarce |
| Anasimyia lineata | Scarce |
| Anasimyia transfuga | Scarce |
| Baccha elongata | Fairly Common |
| Brachyopa bicolor | Rare; Widmerpool (Carr 1916) |
| Chalcosyrphus nemorum | Rare |
| Cheilosia albitarsis | Scarce |
| Cheilosia bergenstammi | Scarce |
| Cheilosia fraterna | Rare |
| Cheilosia illustrata | Fairly Common |
| Cheilosia impressa | Rare |
| Cheilosia lasiopa | Scarce |
| Cheilosia latifrons | Rare |
| Cheilosia longula | Rare; Kingston on Soar (Carr 1916) |
| Cheilosia mutabilis | Rare; Ruddington Cutting (Carr 1916) |
| Cheilosia nebulosa | Rare |
| Cheilosia pagana | Common |
| Cheilosia proxima | Fairly Common |
| Cheilosia ranunculi | Rare |
| Cheilosia variabilis | Fairly Common |
| Cheilosia vernalis | Scarce |
| Chrysogaster cemiteriorum | Rare |
| Chrysogaster solstitialis | Scarce |
| Chrysotoxum bicinctum | Fairly Common |
| Chrysotoxum cautum | Rare |
| Chrysotoxum festivum | Scarce |
| Chrysotoxum verralli | Rare |
| Criorhina berberina | Fairly Common |
| Criorhina floccosa | Scarce |
| Dasysyrphus albostriatus | Fairly Common |
| Dasysyrphus pinastri | Rare |
| Dasysyrphus tricinctus | Scarce |
| Dasysyrphus venustus | Scarce |
| Didea fasciata | Rare |
| Epistrophe eligans | Fairly Common |
| Epistrophe grossulariae | Fairly Common |
| Epistrophe nitidicollis | Rare |
| Episyrphus balteatus | Common |
| Eriozona erratica | Rare; Bradmore (Carr 1916) |
| Eristalinus sepulchralis | Scarce |
| Eristalis arbustorum | Common |
| Eristalis horticola | Scarce |
| Eristalis interruptus | Common |
| Eristalis intricarius | Common |
| Eristalis pertinax | Common |
| Eristalis tenax | Common |
| Eumerus funeralis | Rare |
| Eumerus strigatus | Scarce |
| Eupeodes corollae | Common |
| Eupeodes latifasciatus | Scarce |
| Eupeodes luniger | Common |
| Ferdinandea cuprea | Fairly Common |
| Helophilus hybridus | Scarce |
| Helophilus pendulus | Common |
| Helophilus trivittatus | Scarce |
| Heringia heringi | Rare |
| Heringia vitripennis | Rare |
| Lejogaster metallina | Scarce |
| Leucozona laternaria | Scarce |
| Leucozona lucorum | Common |
| Melangyna cincta | Scarce |
| Melangyna compositarum / labiatarum | Rare |
| Melangyna lasiophthalma | Rare |
| Melangyna umbellatarum | Scarce |
| Melanogaster hirtella | Scarce |
| Melanostoma mellinum | Common |
| Melanostoma scalare | Common |
| Meligramma guttatum | Rare |
| Meliscaeva auricollis | Fairly Common |
| Meliscaeva cinctella | Rare |
| Merodon equestris | Scarce |
| Myathropa florea | Common |
| Neoascia interrupta | Rare |
| Neoascia meticulosa | Scarce |
| Neoascia podagrica | Common |
| Neoascia tenur | Rare |
| Orthonevra brevicornis | Rare; Wilford Brickworks 1995 |
| Paragus haemorrhous | Scarce |
| Parasyrphus punctulatus | Scarce |
| Parhelophilus frutetorum | Rare |
| Parhelophilus versicolor | Scarce |
| Pipiza austriaca | Scarce |
| Pipiza noctiluca | Fairly Common |
| Pipizella viduata | Scarce |
| Pipizella virens | Scarce |
| Platycheirus albimanus | Common |
| Platycheirus angustatus | Fairly Common |
| Platycheirus clypeatus | Fairly Common |
| Platycheirus fulviventris | Scarce |
| Platycheirus granditarsus | Fairly Common |
| Platycheirus manicatus | Common |
| Platycheirus peltatus | Fairly Common |
| Platycheirus rosarum | Scarce |
| Platycheirus scambus | Scarce |
| Platycheirus scutatus | Fairly Common |
| Platycheirus splendidus | Rare |
| Platycheirus stictitus | Rare; Ruddington 1989 |
| Platycheirus tarsalis | Fairly Common |
| Portevinia maculata | Rare |
| Rhingia campestris | Common |
| Riponnensia splendens | Scarce |
| Scaeva pyrastri | Fairly Common |
| Scaeva selenitica | Rare |
| Sphaerophoria interrupta | Rare |
| Sphaerophoria rueppellii | Rare |
| Sphaerophoria scripta | Common |
| Syritta pipiens | Common |
| Syrphus ribesii | Common |
| Syrphus torvus | Scarce |
| Syrphus vitripennis | Common |
| Tropidia scita | Scarce |
| Volucella bombylans | Fairly Common |
| Volucella inanis | Scarce |
| Volucella pellucens | Fairly Common |
| Volucella zonaria | One record; Compton Acres. August 2015 (L. Archibald pers.com.) |
| Xanthandrus comtus | Rare; Bunny (Carr 1916) |
| Xanthogramma citrofasciatum | Rare |
| Xanthogramma pedissequum | Scarce |
| Xylota segnis | Common |
| Xylota sylvarum | Fairly Common |
In addition, there are four species that occur on the NBN Gateway that are not listed above. These are Megasyrphus annulipes recorded at two sites in Bradmore in 1930, Melangyna quadrimaculata from Cotgrave in 1930, Platycheirus melanopsis from Cotgrave in 1926 and Xanthandrus comtus recorded at Bunny in 1928.
A recent coloniser, Epistrophe diaphana was reported in Cotgrave Forest in 2012
Additional species recorded in Nottinghamshire but not in Rushcliffe are:
| Species | Status |
|---|---|
| Platycheirus ambiguus | Scarce |
| Platycheirus discimanus | Rare; No modern records. |
| Platycheirus nielseni | Rare; Clumber 1994 |
| Chrysotoxum arcuatum | Scarce |
| Dasysyrphus friuliensis | Rare |
| Dasysyrphus hilaris | Scarce |
| Didea alneti | Rare |
| Eupeodes bucculatus | Scarce |
| Leucozonia glaucia | Scarce |
| Melangyna arctica | Rare |
| Melangyna quadrimaculata | Rare |
| Meligramma trianguliferum | Rare |
| Parasyrphus annulatus | Rare |
| Parasyrphus lineola | Rare |
| Parasyrphus vittiger | Scarce |
| Sphaerophoria batava | Scarce |
| Sphaerophoria philanthus | Scarce |
| Paragus tibialis | Rare |
| Cheilosia albipila | Rare |
| Cheilosia antiqua | Rare |
| Cheilosia griseiventris | Rare |
| Cheilosia grossa | Scarce |
| Cheilosia scutellata | Scarce |
| Cheilosia urbana | Rare |
| Cheilosia velutina | Rare |
| Cheilosia vicina | Rare |
| Cheilosia vulpina | No recent records |
| Brachyopa insensilis | Rare |
| Brachyopa scutellaris | Rare |
| Chrysogaster virescens | Rare |
| Lejogaster tarsata | Rare |
| Melanogaster aerosa | No recent records |
| Neoascia geniculata | Scarce |
| Neoascia obliqua | Rare |
| Orthonevra nobilis | Rare |
| Sphegina clunipes | Scarce |
| Sphegina elegans | Rare |
| Sphegana verecunda | Rare |
| Anasymyia lunulata | Rare |
| Eristalis abusivus | Rare |
| Mallota cimbiciformis | Rare |
| Eumerus ornatus | No recent records |
| Heringia latitarsus | Rare |
| Pipiza bimaculata | Rare |
| Pipiza fenestrata | Rare |
| Pipiza lugubris | Rare |
| Pipiza luteitarsis | Scarce |
| Trichopsomyia flavitarsis | Rare |
| Triglyphus primus | Rare |
| Sericomyia lappona | No recent records |
| Serricomyia silentis | Rare |
| Brachypalpoides lentus | Rare |
| Brachypalpus laphriformis | Rare |
| Criorhina asilica | Rare |
| Criorhina ranunculi | Rare |
| Pocota personata | Rare |
| Xylota abiens | Rare |
| Xylota florum | Rare |
| Xylota jakutorum | Rare |
| Xylota xanthocnema | Rare |
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