Genus Spazigaster Rondani

Spazigaster Rondani, 1843: 43 . Type, apennini Rondani by monotypy = ambulans Fabricius.

Spazogaster Agassiz, 1846: 345. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.

Syrphisoma Costa, 1857: 440 . Type, lugubris Costa by original designation = ambulans Fabricius.

Spatigaster Schiner, 1861: 298. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.

Spathegaster Schiner, 1868: 339 . Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.

Spathiogaster Loew, 1876: 18 . Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.

Spathidogaster Loew, 1876: 18. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.

Spaziogaster Scudder, 1882: 292. Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.

Spazogaster Scudder, 1882: 310. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.

Sparzigaster Woodworth, 1913: 145. Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.

Palaearctic region only (2 species). Habitus figure of the type species is given by Speight & Lucas (1992) .