Subfamily Syrphinae Leach 1815 (hover fly)
Parent taxon: Syrphidae according to T. Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Archisyrphus, Cheilosinae, Chrysotoxinae, Eristalinae, Eumerinae, Metasyrphus, Microdontinae, Milesia, Milesiinae, Psilota, Ptilocephala, Syrphidae lithaphidis, Volucellinae, Xylotinae
Subtaxa: Asarcina, Epistrophe, Leucozona, Platycheirus, Syrphus
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