Cheilosia pubera
| Cheilosia pubera | |
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| Crichton Glen, Midlothian, Scotland | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Cheilosia |
| Species: | C. pubera
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheilosia pubera (Zetterstedt, 1838)
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Cheilosia pubera is a Palearctic hoverfly.
Description
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Body 7.0 mm. to 8.0.mm. long. The finely punctured mesonotum is clothed with uniformly long golden brown hairs and the abdomen with uniformly yellowish brown hairs. The wingbases are yellowish brown.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Fennoscandia, Ardennes, North Spain and the Alps; from Ireland East through northern and central Europe. Mountains of northern Italy and Yugoslavia into European Russia.[7][8]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]Forest wetland, montane pasture and fen carr and beside streams in Fagus and Picea forest.
Biology
[edit | edit source]Low flying and settling on the foliage of large-leaved plants. Flowers visited include Acer platanoides, Caltha, Cardamine, Prunus padus, Pulsatilla alpina, Ranunculus and Taraxacum. Flies from the end of April to June at lower altitudes, and June to July at higher altitudes and more northerly latitudes.[9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum
- ^ Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
- ^ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Peck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest.
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