Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Syrphidae (Hoverflies)

Criorhina ranunculi (Panzer, 1804)

Frühe Hummelschwebfliege Large Bear Hoverfly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Syrphus ranunculi Panzer, 1803 | Criorrhina hispanica Gil Collado, 1930 | Criorhyna picciolii Rondani, 1865 | Criorhina flavicauda Macquart, 1829 | Xylota haemorrhoidalis Meigen & Wiedemann, 1822 |

  • Criorhina ranunculi 11425
    Criorhina ranunculi (Panzer, 1804)  Frühe Hummelschwebfliege  Large Bear Hoverfly 
    Criorhina ranunculi, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2025-03-24 12:47:19
    Image number: 11425

    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2025-03-24 12:47:19
    conf. eklans
  • Criorhina ranunculi 11426
    Criorhina ranunculi (Panzer, 1804)  Frühe Hummelschwebfliege  Large Bear Hoverfly 
    Criorhina ranunculi, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2025-03-24 12:47:19
    Image number: 11426

    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2025-03-24 12:47:19
    conf. eklans

Further vernacular names:
Large Bearfly
Classification:
Criorhina ranunculi belongs to the subfamily Eristalinae, tribe Milesiini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Neal L. Evenhuis and Thomas Pape: Systema Dipterorum - The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
  2. M.C.D.Speight: Species Accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera), Glasgow 2011, Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae, vol. 65, 285 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.
  3. Gerald Bothe: Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Schwebfliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) Deutschlands und der Niederlande, DJN, 1984, ISBN 3-923376-07-3
  4. Menno Reemer, Willem Renema, Wouter van Steenis, Theo Zeegers, Aat Barendregt, John T. Smit, Mark P. van Veen, Jeroen van Steenis, Laurens van der Leij: De Nederlandse Zweefvliegen (Diptera: Syrphidae), Nederlandse Fauna 8, 2009.
  5. Graham E. Rotheray: Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Dipterists Digest No.9, 1993, Derek Whiteley, Sheffield, England, ISSN 0853 7260
  6. Prokhorov, Alex & Popov, Grigory & Zaika, M. (2018). Rare species of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Ukraine. II. Callicerini, Cerioidini and Milesiini. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 9 (2): 15–22.