PUBLICATIONS GIVING RECORDS OF IRISH SYRPHIDAE M.C.D.Speight 1973 British species of Sphaerophoria (Dipt., Syrphidae) confused with S.menthastri (L.), including a key to the males of the seven Sphaerophoria species found in the British Isles. Entomol., 106: 228-233. 1974 Bombus lapponicus, Parasyrphus lineola and Phaonia exoleta, insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J. 18: 123- 124. 1975 Conops vesicularis, Epistrophe nitidicollis and Ctenophora atrata: insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 18: 191-192. 1975 Speight, M.C.D., Chandler, P. & Nash, R. Irish Syrphidae (Diptera): notes on the species and an account of their known distribution. Proc.R.Ir.Acad., 75B(1): 1-80. 1976 Agonum livens, Asemum striatum and Xylota coeruleiventris: insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 18: 274- 275. 1976 The puparium of Chrysotoxum festivum (L.): Dipt., Syrphidae). Ent.Rec., 88: 51-52. 1976 Sphaerophoria rueppell (Dipt., Syrphidae) new to Ireland, with figures of its surstyli. Ir.Nat.J., 18: 332- 334. 1976 Nash, R. & Speight, M.C.D. Records of, and notes on, some rare Irish hoverflies (Dipt., Syrphidae) including a first record of Criorhina ranunculi. Ir.Nat.J., 18: 351-356. 1977 Athlone field meeting: insects collected on and near the shores of Lough Ree. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc., 1: 27-36. 1977 Speight, M.C.D. & Healy, B. Arachnida and Insecta (check list). In: Jeffrey, D. (ed.) N Bull Island, Dublin Bay - a modern coastal natural history. 147-156. R.Dub.Soc., Dublin. 1978 The genus Paragus (Dipt., Syrphidae) in the British Isles, including a key to known and possible British Isles species. Ent.Rec., 90: 100-107. 1978 A return visit to Hare Island. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc., 2: 40-41. 1978 Cheilosia laskai sp.n. (Dipt., Syrphidae) from Western Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 19: 217-222. 1978 Cheilosia praecox, Lejogaster splendida and Orthonevra brevicornis (Diptera: Syrphidae): insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 19: 278-279. 1978 Speight, M.C.D. & Irwin, A.G. Irish Paragus (Dipt., Syrphidae) including a key to British Isles species. Ir.Nat.J., 19: 198-199. 1979 Eumerus tuberculatus, Geomyza majuscula and Pteromicra leucopeza: insects new to Ireland, including a key to British Isles Eumerus species. Ir.Nat.J., 19: 397-399. 1979 Speight, M.C.D. , Williams, M. de C. & Withers, P. Pachygaster minutissima, Psacadina zernyi and Xylota tarda: insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J.: 19: 354-355. 1980 Brachypalpus laphriformis (Dipt., Syrphidae) in Ireland and its probable demise. Ir.Nat.J., 20: 70-72. 1980 Chiloxanthus pilosus, Palloptera modesta and Pipizella heringi confirmed as Irish species. Ir.Nat.J., 20: 72-73. 1981 The Irish Anasimyia species, including a key and first records of A.contracta (Diptera, Syrphidae). Ir.Nat.J., 20: 229-234. 1982 Acrocera globulus, Limnia paludicola and Sphaerophoria loewi: insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 20: 369-372. 1983 Checklist and information chart of hoverflies. In: Feehan, J. (ed.) Laois, an environmental history, 501- 506. Ballykilcavan Press, Dublin.. 1985 Adjustments to the Irish hoverfly list (Dipt., Syrphidae). Ir.Nat.J., 21: 385-391. 1986 Cheilosia nasutula, Neocnemodon vitripennis and Parasyrphus nigritarsis: hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 22: 149-152. 1986 Cheilosia argentifrons (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Ireland, Donacia cinerea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Palloptera muliebris (Diptera: Pallopteridae), presence in Ireland confirmed. Ir.Nat.J., 22: 159-160. 1987 Speight, M.C.D. & Claussen, C. Redefinition of Cheilosia ahenea and C.argentifrons, with records extending the known range of these species in Western Europe (Dipt., Syrphidae). Annls.Soc.ent.Fr., (N.S.), 25: 299-308. 1988 Neoascia podagrica (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Ireland, with a key to distinguish it from related European species. Ir.Nat.J., 22: 447-452. 1988 Speight, M.C.D. & Vockeroth, J.R. Platycheirus amplus: an insect new to Ireland not previously recorded from Europe. Ir.Nat.J., 22: 518-521. 1990 Hippodamia 13-punctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and other insects from All Saints Bog, Co.Offaly, Ireland. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc., 13: 200-212. 1990 Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P., Maibach, A. & Speight, M.C.D. Sur quelques espèces de Platycheirus (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouvelles oû meconnues. Dipt.Digest, 5: 19-44. 1991 Blackith, R.E., Blackith, R.M., Speight, M.C.D. & Williams, M. de Courcy. A first list of Diptera from the Murrough, Co.Wicklow, Ireland, including 663 species and 140 breeding records. Bull.Ir.biogeog. Soc., 14: 185-253. 1993 Speight, M.C.D. & Nash, R. Chrysotoxum cautum, Ctenophora ornata, C.pectinicornis, Helophilus trivittatus and Mesembrina mystacea (Diptera), insects new to Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 24: 231-236. 1995 Speight, M.C.D. & Chandler, P.J. Paragus constrictus, Pteromicra pectorosa and Stegana similis: insects new to Ireland and Stegana coleoptrata, presence in Ireland confirmed (Diptera). Ir.Nat.J., 25: 28-32. 1996 Cheilosia psilophthalma and Odinia boletina, insects new to Ireland and Sapromyza sexpunctata confirmed as an Irish species (Diptera: Syrphidae, Odiniidae and Lauxaniidae). Ir.Nat.J., 25: 178-182. 1996 A mass migration of Episyrphus balteatus and Eupeodes corollae arriving in the south-west and remarks on other migrant hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Ireland. Ir.Nat.J., 25: 182-183. 1998 Speight, M.C.D., Eriozona syrphoides (Diptera: Syrphidae); an insect new to Ireland. Ir.nat.J, 26: 114--116. 1999 Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken and its potential implications in the recording of Syrphus species. Dipterists Digest, 6: 85-90. 2000 Speight, M.C.D., Good, J.A., Marnell, F., Moorkens, E. & Nelson, B. Invertebrate (Arachnida, Insecta, Mollusca) records from some County Mayo localities, Ireland. Bull.Ir.Biogeog.Soc.24: 43-68. 2000 Speight, M.C.D. & Nelson, B. The changing status of Helophilus trivittatus (Fabr.) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Ireland. Bull.Ir.Biogeog.Soc.,24: 171-174. 2001 Farms as biogeographical units: 2, the potential role of different parts of the case-study farm in maintaining its present fauna of Sciomyzidae and Syrphidae (Diptera). Bull. Ir.Biogeog.Soc., 25: 248- 278. 2002 Two controversial additions to the Irish insect list: Microdon myrmicae Schönrogge et al and Pipiza festiva Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) Bull.Ir. Biogeog.Soc., 26: 143-153. 2002 An annotated list of the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Pollardstown Fen, Co.Kildare, Ireland. Bull.Ir.Biogeog.Soc., 26: 196-210. 2003 Speight, M.C.D. Microdon myrmicae Schönrogge et al 2002 (Dipt.: Microdontidae): presence in Ireland confirmed. Ent.Rec., 115: 155-157. 2004 Speight, M.C.D. Insect records from the Connemara (Co.Galway) and Mayo (Co.Mayo) National Parks, Western Ireland. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc., 28: 31-60. 2004 Speight, M.C.D., Brown, M.J.F. & Stout, J.C. Platycheirus aurolateralis and P.splendidus (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Ireland and their separation from related species. Ir.Nat.J., 27: 413-417. 2005 Platycheirus aurolateralis, P.scutatus and P.splendidus (Diptera: Syrphidae) in a Co.Dublin garden, Ireland. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc., 29: 258-261. 2006 Speight, M.C.D. & Gittings, T. Records of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from counties Clare and Cork, Ireland. Bull.Ir.biogeog.Soc.,30: 334-347. 2007 Speight, M.C.D., Sarthou, J.-P. & Levy, D.A. Eupeodes goeldlini (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Britain, France and Ireland, with a key to separate it from related Atlantic zone species. Entomologist's Rec. J. Var., 119: 213 - 219 2008 Speight, M.C.D. On the arrival in Ireland of Sphegina sibirica Stackelberg, 1953 (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bull. Ir. Biogeog. Soc., 32: 90-96. .