Syritta is a genus of hover flies.
The genus probably originated in the Afrotropical region. 13 of the 18 recognized species groups are found south of the Sahara. 15 species inhabit the Oriental and Australian-Pacific regions, and only six species are described from the Palearctic region. The two species that occur in North America as far down as Mexico, S. flaviventris and S. pipiens, were probably introduced by humans.
Species
- S. aenigmatopatria Hardy, 1964
- S. flaviventris Macquart, 1842 - Africa, Europe, introduced to South and North America and Easter Island
- S. hackeri Klocker, 1924 - Australia, Hawai'i, Java
- S. indica Wiedemann, 1824 - India, Nepal, Taiwan
- S. noona Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 - Papua New Guinea
- S. oceanica Macquart - Australia, Polynesia, Hawai'i, Solomon Islands
- S. orientalis Macquart - India, Australia, Hawai'i, Indonesia, Micronesia
- S. papua Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 - Papua New Guinea
- S. pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- S. polita Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005 - Papua New Guinea
- S. snyderi Shiraki, 1963 - Bonin Islands
- S. vittata Portschinsky, 1857 - Europe
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