Genus SEPEDON Latreille, 1804

Seventy-nine species worldwide, 20 in the Nearctic of which five occur in Mexico (one of which is known only from Mexico)

SEPEDON Latreille, 1804: 196 [Fisher & Orth 1972a (taxonomy, key to species), Knutson & Orth 2001 (key to species, taxonomy of species groups), Steyskal 1951 (revision, key to species)]

Type-species: Syrphus sphegea Fabricius, 1775: 768 (monotypic)