Platycheirus es un género con más de 220 especies de moscas sírfidas. Suelen medir entre 4,7-10,5 mm. Al igual que otros miembros de la subfamilia Syrphinae, las larvas se alimentan de pulgones. Son capaces de mantenerse activos en condiciones frías y lluviosas. Son de distribución holártica.

Especies: Subgénero: Carposcalis Enderlein, 1938

• Platycheirus bertrandi (Kolenati, 1913)
• Platycheirus confusus (Curran, 1925)
• Platycheirus fenestratum (Macquart, 1842)
• Platycheirus longigena (Enderlein, 1912)
• Platycheirus lundbecki (Collin, 1931)
• Platycheirus lundbladi Enderlein, 1940 - Islas de Juan Fernández
• Platycheirus stegnus (Say, 1829)
• Platycheirus trichopus (Thomson, 1869)
• Platycheirus willistoni (Goot, 1964)

Subgénero: Eocheilosia Hull, 1949

• Platycheirus antipodus (Hull, 1949b)
• Platycheirus captalis (Miller, 1924)
• Platycheirus clarkei Miller, 1921
• Platycheirus cunninghami (Miller, 1921)
• Platycheirus fulvipes (Miller, 1924)
• Platycheirus harrisi (Miller, 1921)
• Platycheirus howesii (Miller, 1921)
• Platycheirus huttoni Thompson in Thompson & Vockeroth, 1989
• Platycheirus leptospermi (Miller, 1921)
• Platycheirus lignudus Miller, 1921
• Platycheirus myersii (Miller, 1924)
• Platycheirus notatus (Bigot, 1884)
• Platycheirus ronanus (Miller, 1921)

Subgénero: Pachysphyria Enderlein, 1938

• Platycheirus ambiguus (Fallén, 1817)´
• Platycheirus barkalovi Mutin, 1999
• Platycheirus brunnifrons Nielsen 2004
• Platycheirus dexter (Harris, 1780)
• Platycheirus immaculatus Ohara, 1980

Subgénero: Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

• Platycheirus abruzzensis van der Goot, 1969
• Platycheirus aeratus Coquillet, 1900
• Platycheirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Platycheirus amplus (Curran, 1927)
• Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
• Platycheirus angustipes Goeldlin, 1974
• Platycheirus atra (Curran, 1925)
• Platycheirus aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002
• Platycheirus carinatus Curran, 1927
• Platycheirus chilosia (Curran, 1927)
• Platycheirus ciliatus Bigot, 1884
• Platycheirus ciliger Loew, 1856
• Platycheirus cintoensis van der Goot, 1961
• Platycheirus clypeatus (Meigen, 1822)
• Platycheirus coerulescens (Williston, 1887)
• Platycheirus complicatus (Becker, 1889)
• Platycheirus concinnus (Snow, 1895)
• Platycheirus coracinus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus cyaneus (Muller, 1764)
• Platycheirus discimanus (Loew, 1871)
• Platycheirus europaeus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
• Platycheirus fasciculatus (Loew, 1856)
• Platycheirus femineum Curran, 1931
• Platycheirus flabella Hull, 1944
• Platycheirus fulviventris (Macquart, 1829)
• Platycheirus groenlandicus Curran, 1927
• Platycheirus hesperinus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus hispidipes Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus holarcticus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus hyperboreus (Stæger, 1845)
• Platycheirus immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
• Platycheirus inversus Ide, 1926
• Platycheirus islandicus (Ringdahl, 1930)
• Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen, 1971
• Platycheirus kelloggi (Snow, 1895)
• Platycheirus kittilaensis Dusek & Láska, 1982
• Platycheirus laskai Nielsen, 1999
• Platycheirus lata (Curran, 1922)
• Platycheirus latimanus (Wahlberg, 1845)
• Platycheirus latitarsis Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus luteipennis (Curran, 1925)
• Platycheirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822)
• Platycheirus melanopsis Loew, 1856
• Platycheirus modestus Ide, 1926
• Platycheirus monticola Jones, 1917
• Platycheirus muelleri Marcuzzi, 1941
• Platycheirus naso (Walker, 1949)
• Platycheirus nearcticus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus nielseni Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus nigrofemoratus (Kanervo, 1934)
• Platycheirus nodosus Curran, 1923
• Platycheirus normae Fluke, 1939
• Platycheirus obscurus (Say, 1824)
• Platycheirus occidentalis Curran, 1927
• Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
• Platycheirus octavus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus orarius Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus pacilus (Walker, 1849)
• Platycheirus parmatus Róndani, 1857
• Platycheirus parvus (Williston, 1882)
• Platycheirus peltatoides Curran, 1923
• Platycheirus peltatus (Meigen, 1822)
• Platycheirus perpallidus (Verrall, 1901)
• Platycheirus pilatus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus podagrata (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Platycheirus podagratus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Platycheirus protrusus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus quadratus (Say, 1823)
• Platycheirus ramsaerensis Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
• Platycheirus rufigaster Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus rufimaculatus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus scamboides Curran, 1927
• Platycheirus scambus (Stæger, 1843)
• Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen, 1822)
• Platycheirus setitarsis Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus speighti Doczkal, Stuke & Goeldlin, 2002
• Platycheirus spinipes Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus splendidus Rotheray, 1998
• Platycheirus squamulae (Curran, 1922)
• Platycheirus stegnoides Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822)
• Platycheirus striatus Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus subordinatus (Becker, 1915)
• Platycheirus tarsalis (Schummel, 1836)
• Platycheirus tatricus Dusek & Láska, 1982
• Platycheirus tenebrosus Coquillett, 1900
• Platycheirus thompsoni Vockeroth, 1986
• Platycheirus thylax Hull, 1944
• Platycheirus transfugus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Platycheirus urakawensis (Matsumura, 1919)
• Platycheirus varipes Curran, 1923
• Platycheirus woodi Vockeroth, 1986

Subgénero: Pseudoplatychirus Doesburg, 1955

• Platycheirus glupovi Barkalov, 2007
• Platycheirus peteri Doesburg, 1955

Subgénero: Pyrophaena Schiner, 1860 - a menudo considerado un género.

• Platycheirus granditarsus (Forster, 1771)
• Platycheirus rosarum (Fabricius, 1787)