**Criorhina ** is a genus of hoverflies. Medium to large sized species, black or greenish black, with or without light ground markings mimicking bumblebees. The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax. The antennae are situated upon a prominent conical frontal process, The face is moderately produced below the eyes, downward or forward, in profile. The eyes are bare. The abdomen is elliptical or very short oval. Larvae found in rot holes or decaying hardwoods

Gallery

<Gallery mode= traditional heights=275px widths=275px > [Criorhina floccosa](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-floccosa).jpg|[Criorhina floccosa](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-floccosa) [Criorhina berberina](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-berberina) (fem).jpg|[Criorhina berberina](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-berberina) [Criorhina ranunculi](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-ranunculi)5.JPG|[Criorhina ranunculi](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-ranunculi) [Criorhina pachymera](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-pachymera), Forêt indivise de Stambruges (Beloeil; Saint-Ghislain), Hainaut, Belgique (28343250968).jpg|[Criorhina pachymera](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-pachymera) Hallonblomfluga01370.jpg|[Criorhina asilica](https://bliptext.com/articles/criorhina-asilica) (male) </Gallery>

Species

• C. alexandri Mutin, 1999 • C. apicalis Matsumura, 1916 • C. arctophiloides (Giglio-Tos, 1892) • C. asilica (Fallén, 1816) • C. aurea Lovett, 1919 • C. berberina (Fabricius, 1805) • C. bomboides Hull, 1944 • C. brevipila Loew, 1871 • C. bubulcus (Walker, 1849) • C. caudata Curran, 1925 • C. coquilletti Williston, 1892 • C. crioarctos Hull, 1944 • C. excavata Curran, 1929 • C. floccosa (Meigen, 1822) • C. formosana Shiraki, 1930 • C. fusca Weisman, 1964 • C. grandis Lovett, 1921 • C. imitator Brunetti, 1915 • C. interrupta Brunetti, 1923 • C. japonica (Matsumura, 1916) • C. kincaidi Coquillett, 1901 • C. konakovi (Stackelberg, 1955) • C. kurilensis Mutin, 1999 • C. latipilosa Curran, 1925 • C. nasica (Osburn, 1908) • C. nigripes (Williston, 1882) • C. nigriventris Walton, 1911 • C. occidentalis (Osburn, 1908) • C. pachymera (Egger, 1858) • C. pallidipes Curran, 1929 • C. pallipilosa Hull, 1944 • C. portschinskyi (Stackelberg, 1955) • C. quadriboscis Lovett, 1919 • C. ranunculi (Panzer, 1804) • C. rostrata Li, Huo & Li, 2020 • C. rubropilosa Hull, 1950 • C. sichotana (Stackelberg, 1955) • C. simioides (Brunetti, 1908) • C. spinitarsis Curran, 1929 • C. takaoensis (Shiraki, 1952) • C. talyshensis (Stackelberg, 1960) • C. tricolor Coquillett, 1900 • C. tripilosa Coe, 1964 • C. ussuriana (Stackelberg, 1955) • C. verbosa (Walker, 1849) • C. villosa (Bigot, 1879) • "C. villosa" (Bigot, 1882) (Homonym) • C. vivida Brunetti, 1923