True (Diptera) of Keele University

David W. Emley

List Updated 2nd April 2014

Diptera are that have just one pair of wings as opposed to all other winged insects that have two pairs. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and are, with a few exceptions, the study of specialists rather than the casual naturalist. The diptera in this list were recorded by random searching. Most of the records come from the area between the former sewage works and the entrance from Lymes Road. Here there are plenty of umbellifers, brambles and thistles. Barnes Dell is also good for shade-loving species. It is difficult to categorise the diptera as they have not been well recorded in the county. However, amongst them are a few indicators of old woodland eg. Brachypalpoides lentus and Xylophagus ater. Arctophila superbiens is a northern species at the southern end of its range while Megasyrphus annulipes and Criorhina floccosa are scarce species in Staffordshire generally. The following are described as 'Notable' in English Nature's 'Red Data Book of Insects’: Pteromicra angustipennis, Arctophila superbiens, Brachypalpoides lentus, Didea fasciata, Megasyrphus erratica and Platycheirus tarsalis.

Anisopodidae – Window Gnats – Thick-headed Flies Anisopus punctatus Fabricius Conops flavipes Linnaeus Sylvicola conctus Fabricius Conops quadrifasciatus DeGeer Physocephala rufipes Fabricius - St. Marks Flies Bibio lanigerus Meigen Dolichopodidae – Long-legged Flies Bibio leucopterus Meigen Argyra diaphana Fabricius Bibio marci Linnaeus Argyra leucocephala Meigen Bibio pomonae Fabricius Campsicnemus loripes Haliday Dilophus febrilis Linnaeus Chrysotus gramineus Fallén Dolichopus festivus Haliday Calliphoridae - Blow Flies Dolichopus longitarsis Stannius Bellardia pusilla Meigen Dolichopus popularis Wiedemann Calliphora vomitoria Meigen Dolichopus trivialis Haliday Onesia aculeata Pantellé Dolichopus ungulatus Linnaeus Onesia cognata Meigen Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt Pollenia rudis Fabricius Rhaphium caliginosum Meigen Protocalliphora sordida Zetterstedt Rhaphium crassipes Meigen Rhaphium riparium Meigen Palloptera umbellatarum Fabricius

Drosophilidae - Fruit Flies Platypezidae Scaptomyza flava Fallén Callomyia amoena Meigen Rhagionidae Dryomyza analis Fallén Chrysopilus cristatus Fabricius Rhagio scolopacea Linnaeus Empididae Empis grisea Fallén Empis stercorea Linnaeus Hilara intersticta Fallén Scathophagidae - Dung Flies Scathophaga furcata Say Hilara litorea Fallén Scathophaga inquinata Meigen Hilara maura Fabricius Scathophaga lutaria Linnaeus Hybos femoratus Müller Scathophaga stercoraria Linnaeus Kritempis livida Linnaeus Oedalea homgreni Zetterstedt - Snail-eating Flies Platypalpus luteus Meigen Pteromicra angustipennis Staeger Polyblepharis opaca Meigen Tetanocera elata Fabricius Rhamphomyia pilifera Meigen Tetanocera ferruginea Fallén Rhamphomyia erythrophthalma Meigen Tetanocera hyalipennis von Roser Sepsidae Heleomyza ustulata Meigen Sepsis fulgens Meigen Suillia variegata Loew Sepsis violacea Meigen Tephrochlamys rufiventris Meigen Simuliidae - Blackflies Simulium ornatum Meigen Lyciella pallidiventris Fallén Minettia inusta Meigen Stratiomyidae - Soldier Flies Tricholauxania praeusta Beris chalybeata Forster Lonchaeidae Chloromyia formosa Scopoli Lonchaea flavidipennis Zetterstedt Microchrysia flavicornis Meigen Sargus iridatus Scopoli Lonchopteridae Lonchoptera lutea Panzer Syrphidae - Hoverflies Muscidae Arctophila superbiens Müller Dasyphora cyanella Meigen Brachypalpoides lentus Linnaeus Graphomya maculata Scopoli Cheilosia albitarsis Meigen Helina impunctata Fallén Cheilosia bergenstammi Becker Hydrotaea dentipes Fabricius Cheilosia illustrata Harris Macrorchis meditata Fallén Cheilosia impressa Loew Morellia aenescens Desvoidy Cheilosia pagana Meigen Myospila meditabunda Fabricius Cheilosia variabilis Panzer Orthellia caesarion Meigen Cheilosia vernalis Fallen Phaonia basalis Zetterstedt Chrysogaster cemiteriorum Linnaeus Phaonia errans Meigen Chrysogaster macquarti Loew Phaonia populi Meigen Chrysogaster solstitialis Fallén Phaonia signata Meigen Criorhina berberina f. oxyacanthae Meigen Phaonia variegata Meigen Criorhina floccosa Meigen Phaonia viarum Desvoidy Dasysyrphus albostriatus Fallén Polietes lardarius Fabricius Dasysyrphus pinastri Degeer Dasysyrphus tricinctus Fallén Dasysyrphus venustus Meigen Opomyza florum Fabricius Didea fasciata Macquart Pallopteridae Eoseristalis abusivus Collin Platycheirus albimanus Fabricius Eoseristalis arbustorum Linnaeus Platycheirus angustatus Zetterstedt Eoseristalis horticola Degeer Platycheirus clypeatus Meigen Eoseristalis intricarius Linnaeus Platycheirus manicatus Meigen Eoseristalis nemorum Linnaeus Platycheirus peltatus Meigen Eoseristalis pertinax Scopoli Platycheirus scutatus Meigen Epistrophe eligans Harris Platycheirus tarsalis Schummel Epistrophe grossulariae Meigen Pyrophaena granditarsa Forster Eristalis interruptus Poda Rhingia campestris Meigen Eristalinus sepulchralis Linnaeus Riponnensia splendens Meigen Eristalis tenax Linnaeus Scaeva pyrastri Linnaeus Eumerus tuberculatus Rondani Sericomyia silentis Harris Eupeodes corollae Fabricius Sphegina clunipes Fallén Eupeodes luniger Meigen Sphegina elegans Schummel Helophilus pendulus Linnaeus Syritta pipiens Linnaeus Lejogaster metallina Fabricius Syrphus ribesii Linnaeus Leucozona glaucia Linnaeus Syrphus torvus Osten-Sacken Leucozona laternaria Müller Syrphus vitripennis Meigen Leucozona lucorum Linnaeus Volucella bombylans Linnaeus Megasyrphus erratica Linnaeus Volucella pellucens Linnaeus Melangyna compositarum Verrall Xylota segnis Linnaeus Melangyna labiatarum Verrall Xylota sylvarum Linnaeus Melangyna lasiophthalma Zetterstedt Melangyna umbellatarum Fabricius Tabanidae - Horseflies Chrysops caecutiens Linnaeus Melanogaster hirtella Loew pluvialis Linnaeus Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus Melanostoma scalare Fabricius Tachinidae - Parasite Flies Meligramma cincta Fallén Gymnochaeta viridis Fallén Meliscaeva cinctella Zetterstedt Servillia ursina Meigen Myathropa florea Linnaeus Siphona geniculata Degeer Neoascia podagrica Fabricius Parasyrphus lineolus Zetterstedt Tephritidae - Picture-wing Flies Parasyrphus punctulatus Verrall Urophora jaceana Hering Pipiza austriaca Meigen Pipiza noctiluca Linnaeus Xylophagus ater Meigen