Summary description from Wikipedia:

Parhelophilus in languages:

English

Bog Flies

Finnish

lampisurrit

Hungarian

csíkoslegyek

Swedish

strandblomflugor

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Parent Taxon

• Syrphidae

Sibling Taxa

• Anasimyia
• Arctosyrphus
• Asemosyrphus
• Austrophilus
• Chasmomma
• Dolichogyna
• Eurimyia
• Habromyia
• Helophilus
• Lejops
• Lunomyia
• Lycopale
• Mallota
• Mesembrius
• Myathropa
• Ohmyia
• Parhelophilus
• Polydontomyia
• Quichuana

Child Taxa

• Parhelophilus brooksi
• Parhelophilus consimilis
• Parhelophilus divisus
• Parhelophilus flavifacies
• Parhelophilus frutetorum
• Parhelophilus integer
• Parhelophilus laetus
• Parhelophilus obsoletus
• Parhelophilus porcus
• Parhelophilus rex
• Parhelophilus versicolor

Top Observation Places

• Royal Tunbridge Wells
• Wolverhampton
• Waltham