Bees and Flies pictured in this guide

Anthophila (bees) of the islands

Families and Tribes

Andrenidae

        Andrena

            A. astragali

                A. buckelli

                A. frigida

                A. melanocroa

                A. prunorum

                A. rufosignata

                A. vicina

        Panurginus

            P. atriceps

        Anthophora

            A. bomboides

               A. edwardsii

               A. terminalis

    Bombini

        Bombus

            B. bifarius

            B. melanopygus

            B. mixtus

            B. sitkensis

            B. vosnesenskii

    Eucerini

        Eucera

            E. frater

    Epiolini

        Epeolus

            E. americanus

    Nomadini

        Nomada

            N. articulata

    Xylocopini

        Ceratina

            C. acantha

Colletidae            

        Colletes

            C. fulgidus

Halictidae

        Agapostemon

            A. texanus

        Halictus

            H. farinosus

            H. ligatus

            H. rubicundus

            H. tripartitus

        Lasioglossum

            L. pacificum

            L. sisymbrii

            L. zonulum

        Sphecodes

        S. kincaidii

Megachilidae

    Anthidini

        Anthidium

            A. manicatum

            A. tenuiflorae

        Stelis

            S. subemarginata

    Megachilini

        Megachile

            M. brevis

               M. frigida

               M. perihirta

               M. rotundata

           Coelioxys

            C. rufitarsus

    Osmini

        Osmia

            O. bucephala

            O. coloradensis

            O. juxta

            O. lignaria

Syrphidae (hover-flies) of the islands

Tribes and Genera

Eristalinae

    Eristalini

        Eristalinus

            E. aeneas

        Eristalis

            E. tenax

        Eoseristalis

            E. arbustorum

        Helophilus

            H. fasciatus

        Mallota

            M. sackenii

        Sericomyia

            S. chalcopyga

    Milesiini

        Criorhina

            C. caudata

            C. coquiletti

               C. nigripes

        Hadromyia

            H. crawfordi

        Spilomyia

            S. citima

        Temnostoma

            T. aequale

    Merodontini

        Merodon

            M. equestris

Syrphinae

    Bacchini

        Melanostoma

            M. mellinum

        Platycheirus

            P. peltatoides

               P. scambus

    Syrphini

        Dasysyrphus

            D. intrudens

        Epistrophe

            E. grossulaiae

        Eupeodes

            E. volucris

        Fazia

            F. micrura

        Metasyrphus

            M. fumipennis

        Scaeva

            S. pyrastri

        Sphaerophoria

            S. philanthes

               S. sulphuripes

        Syrphus

            S. opinator

               S. ribesii

    Toxomerini

        Toxomerus

            T. occidentalis

Bombylidae (bee-flies) of the islands

     Bombylini

        Bombylius

            B. major

    Vilinii

        Hemipenthes

            H. sinuosa

        Villa

            V. monoides

Check here for a complete check-list of island species

This checklist is a compilation of data from museum collections in the United States and Canada (including data available on Discover Life and BISON on-line, and data in published taxonomy monographs); photographs archived on BugGuide;  unpublished survey and collection data generously shared by colleagues; and unpublished photographic collections made by Kwiaht in 2010-2016.