Sphaerophoria beattiei

{{Short description|Species of hoverfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Sphaerophoria beattiei

| authority = (Doesburg and Doesburg, 1977)

}}

Sphaerophoria beattiei is a species of hoverfly belonging to the genus Sphaerophoria. It is endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic.{{cite journal |last1=Doesburg |first1=P.H. van (Sr.) |last2=Doesburg |first2=P.H. van (Jr.) |title=La Faune terrestre de l'Ile de Sainte-Hélène, Volume 13, Fam. Syrphidae |journal=Annales Mus r Afr cent (Ser 8 Sci zool) |date=1977 |volume=215 |pages=63–74}} It was originally considered the only member of the genus Loveridgeana but was found to be nested within Sphaerophoria in a DNA based phylogenetic analysis, along with three other species found in South Africa.{{Cite journal|last1=Mengual|first1=Ximo|last2=Ståhls|first2=Gunilla|last3=Skevington|first3=Jeffrey H.|date=2021-01-02|title=Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of Loveridgeana and Afrotropical Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1795743|journal=Systematics and Biodiversity|volume=19|issue=1|pages=22–53|doi=10.1080/14772000.2020.1795743|hdl=10138/333906 |s2cid=225321683 |issn=1477-2000|hdl-access=free}} Almost nothing is known of its biology other than it pollinated now extinct flora on Saint Helena including the Saint Helena olive.