The genus Platycheirus includes small, elongated flies that have dark-colored faces and scuttelum. The abdomen is long and either completely black or with orange-yellow, or grey-silver paired markings. 14 species have been recorded in Minnesota, with at least 5 additional species expected or likely.
- Platycheirus (Platycheirus) angustatus (Zetterstedt 1843) – Delicate Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) clypeatus (Meigen 1822) * – Smoky-winged Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) confusus (Curran 1925) – Confusing Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) hyperboreus (Staeger 1845) – Silvery Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) immarginatus (Zetterstedt 1849) – Comb-legged Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) luteipennis (Curran 1925) * – Coppery Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) modestus Ide 1926 – Yellow Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) nearcticus Vockeroth 1990 – Nearctic Broadhand Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) nodosus Curran 1923 * – Twospear Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus (Say 1824) – Eastern Forest Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) peltatus (Meigen, 1822) ? –
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) pictipes (Bigot 1884) – Cobalt Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) quadratus (Say 1823) – Meadow Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scambus (Stæger 1843) – Blackspine Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) scutatus (Meigen 1822) * – Many-tufted Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) thompsoni Vockeroth 1990 – Thomspson’s Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Platycheirus) varipes Curran 1923 * – Silver Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Pyrophaena) granditarsis (Forster 1771) – Hornhand Sedgesitter
Platycheirus (Pyrophaena) rosarum (Fabricius 1787) – Fourspot Sedgesitter
Minnesota Flower Flies 